Becker's Healthcare February 20, 2023
Virtual nurses can relieve staffing shortages, keep aging nurses working longer, and cut down on administrative tasks for in-person nurses, hospital IT leaders told Becker’s.
However, shifts in culture, reimbursements and technology will have to happen for virtual nurses to become widespread, the executives said.
Either way, virtual nurses are here, evidenced by some large health systems turning to the telehealth tool. Fifteen chief nursing informatics officers and digital executives shared their insights with Becker’s about how they expect this to all play out. (In the first part of this series, clinical nursing leaders weighed in on the trend.)
Note: Their responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Geeta Nastasi, RN. Chief Nursing Informatics Officer of NewYork-Presbyterian (New...
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