Patient satisfaction, workflow efficiency, and quality and safety are three areas in which any healthcare organization should invest. A northwestern U.S. VA Healthcare system, has certainly done that, integrating people process and technology to meet safety requirements and reduce rates of hospital-acquired infections and improving outcomes for Veterans. Earlier this month, a clinical nurse leader
People often receive care at the hospital during the worst time of their lives. They may be in pain, fearing what’s ahead, and seeking comfort and understanding from medical professionals, who serve as a beacon of light, a source of information and stability in rocky times. That was the case for one patient in particular
Discover how Get Well technology helped Royal C. Johnson Veterans Memorial Hospital meet safety requirements and reduce healthcare-acquired infections. Listen now!
Get Well’s Katherine Virkstis, VP of Clinical Advisory Services, LouAnn Bala’ MSN, RN, VP of Clinical Content and Programs, and Jennifer Taylor MSN, RN, Senior Clinical Consultant, discuss how healthcare organizations can address workplace violence in healthcare through a comprehensive approach that integrates high-tech with high-touch strategies. Read the full article on JONA.
Technological solutions can help lift routine burdens, enabling women in healthcare to spend more time focusing on care work.
Katherine Virkstis, Vice President of Clinical Advisory Services at Get Well, discusses how digital engagement technology can help relieve the burden on patient care teams, restoring the human connection between nurses and patients. Read the full article here.
The COVID-19 pandemic pulled the curtain back on health disparities. Something once discussed chiefly among policy experts and health communicators was suddenly splashed across news headlines and debated around the dinner table. COVID-19 brought to the forefront glaring inequities between and among various groups of people. Early on, we learned that race and ethnicity were
Here we sit, at the beginning of 2023, and in so many ways consumer behavior looks much the way it did in 2020. It’s been a rollercoaster three years, and by many accounts, the wants and needs of consumers are emerging from a COVID-19 stalled stupor and returning to pre-pandemic levels. But healthcare consumer behavior
In this podcast from OSF HealthCare, Kate Johnson, Supervisor of Clinical Digital Care and Kara Roat, Digital Patient Care Manager discuss how they are using remote patient monitoring, including GetWell Loop, to improve maternal healthcare. Listen to the full podcast here.