Becker's Healthcare April 12, 2024
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is increasingly hiring nurses to work from home.
The nation’s largest health system — and largest employer of nurses — now has virtual nurses beaming into 15 hospitals, many from the comfort of their homes.
While some health systems are building centralized command centers to house their virtual nursing staff, HCA is moving in the opposite direction.
“Brick and mortar cost a lot of money,” HCA Chief Nursing Informatics Officer Sherri Hess, BSN, RN, told Becker’s. “I think the future is working at home.”
HCA now has about 40 virtual nurses working from home — with more to come.
Several months back, HCA posted six job openings for remote virtual nurses, Ms. Hess said. HCA stopped...
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