article thumbnail

Lawmakers to reintroduce federal nurse staffing ratio bill

Healthcare Dive

The bill mirrors California’s nurse staffing law which took effect in 2004 and outlines exactly how many patients a nurse in specific hospital units can care for at one time.

Nurses 362
article thumbnail

Providence forges a new path with a virtual nursing unit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual nursing is gaining significant momentum as an effective way to redesign and redistribute nursing workload. Virtual models decrease the burden on nurses delivering direct bedside patient care and leverages nurses that want to continue practicing but may not be able to practice at the bedside by extending their nursing careers.

Nurses 162
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A Travel Nurse Leaves Fears of Hospital Drug Tampering Across Three States

Kaiser Health News

Health officials in at least three states are investigating a travel nurse suspected of tampering with and potentially contaminating vials and syringes of opioid painkillers in two hospitals, then returning the vials to medication cabinets where they could be unknowingly given to patients. Those results haven’t been made public.

Nurses 129
article thumbnail

Charging Ahead with Enovate Medical and JAR Systems

Healthcare IT Today

A nurse or technician in a hospital is asked to do a patient intake or capture their vital signs. JAR Systems, which organized device charging on a mass scale, was founded in 2004 and served the education market first, but entered healthcare as it discovered many similar needs there. Or they may grab a tablet or cell phone.

article thumbnail

Weekly Health Care Real Estate Briefing: Insight on Prime Healthcare’s Real Estate Strategy | Senior Living Rebounds | KKR/Healthcare Realty Trust Announce JV

Hall Render

1Q 2024 revenue increase year-over-year, and the CEO said the reimbursement landscape for skilled nursing looks encouraging. The case began in 2013 and relates to charitable tax exemptions for 2004-2011. Of particular note is its senior housing portfolio, which experienced a 10.3%

article thumbnail

Epic, Zoom and mobile app help at-risk clinic volunteers deliver care from home

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Bend clinic installed an electronic health record in 2004 and has a long history of adopting health IT. “In mid-March 2020, it became quite apparent that VIM was going to need to pause in-person visits to the Bend clinic,” said Jennifer Fuller, RN, clinic nurse manager at Volunteers in Medicine’s Clinic of the Cascades.

COVID-19 198
article thumbnail

Driving Healthcare Operational Efficiency with IoT Sensing as a Service

HIT Consultant

For the first time since 2004, a lack of staffing has overtaken financial volatility as the No. After all, you don’t need to be a nurse to understand that time is of the essence on a hospital floor. 1 concern among healthcare CEOs in the American College of Healthcare Executives’ annual survey. Maximizing Operational Efficiency.