BY BARBARA ROBBINS, RN, BSN, MB
The COVID-19 pandemic led to great growth in virtual collaborative care teams with telehealth tools. In one study, the use of telehealth tools in February 2021 was found to be 38 times higher than pre-pandemic levels and a catalyst to home care.
BY CORIN L. SCHNEIDER, MHA, MSN, RN, ACM-RN, AND DR. TIFFANY VICTOR-CASTLEBERRY, DNP, MSN, BA, RN, ACM-RN There is no doubt that COVID-19 has necessitated an environment of rapid change in the healthcare landscape, driving patient care delivery systems beyond traditional management of length of stay, bed capacity, and slower adoption of…
BY GERI LYNN BAUMBLATT, MA When people transition to a new care setting, both they and their care partners (family caregivers) want to do well. But patients worry if they’ll be able to self manage. And family caregivers worry if they will be able to safely provide care and navigate a…
BY FRANK MICCICHE Certainty is, to say the least, a limited commodity these days. But a genuine consensus across healthcare has emerged that telehealth, done right, can be an important tool for providing care more effectively to more people. And tracking the quality of the care provided via telehealth is imperative.…
BY FRANK J. PENEDO, PhD GROWING USE OF EHEALTH IN PATIENT CARE Over the past several decades, there has been a growing interest in how to capitalize on advances in information technology to provide remote quality and patient-centered care to cancer patients and survivors. eHealth or telehealth are broad terms used…
BY REBECCA KUSHINS, MSW, LICSW, BC-TMH Since 1955, American mental health care has been moving away from institutional settings and into the community at large. What started as the stated goal of the government to increase the dignity of patients with mental health concerns, decrease their stigmatization, and of course, to…
BY NANCY LABOULIERE, BSN, RN, CDCES When I first transitioned to remote nursing, it was a major change from front-line cardiac critical care nursing. One evening at the beginning of my shift, the day nurse was giving me a report and telling me she was starting a new job on Monday…
BY RAJITHA BOMMAKANTI, RN, BSN, CCM, FCN, LNC Health coaching for wellness to improve patient health outcomes has shown some promising results. However, it is evolving within clinical settings and is widely being used by many during the COVID-19 pandemic period. In 2020, more people used telemedicine than in previous years.…