Becker's Healthcare January 16, 2024
Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health now has virtual nursing in 19 hospitals across 10 states as it marches toward its goal of having the care model in 6,500 beds nationwide.
Along the way, the 101-hospital system has worked out some of the technological kinks — such as virtual-nurse call buttons and how to have enough TVs — to be able to expand the care model across the organization.
“With this being an innovative care delivery model, there’s not a playbook out there on how to implement this model or how to connect the technology or how to connect your old call system to really be able to support the workflows of this model,” Gay Landstrom, PhD, RN, senior vice president and...