MedCity News January 24, 2025
Sentara Health invested $11 million into smartphones for its nurses, equipping them with HIPAA-compliant devices to streamline communication, increase time at the bedside and improve patient outcomes. The program has been going on for a little more than a year — and Amy Rosa, the health system’s chief nursing informatics officer, says the initiative is already resulting in increased efficiency, documentation accuracy and patient safety.
The country’s nursing shortage shows no signs of slowing — which means healthcare providers must remain committed to finding innovative, tech-enabled ways to reduce nurses’ burnout and stress levels.
One health system — Sentara Health, which operates 12 hospitals across Virginia and North Carolina — has been leveraging iPhones to help improve nurses’ job satisfaction....
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