Chief Healthcare Executive: How Teladoc Health Enables Virtual Nursing Teams to Help Hospitals Combat Workforce Challenges

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, some hospitals are implementing virtual nursing units to help reduce burnout and the burden on staff. Nurses in these virtual units handle non-bedside care responsibilities like admission, discharge, and documentation, while also answering questions from patients.

Chief Healthcare Executive talked to Susie Krug, Chief Nursing Executive at Saint Luke's Health System, about how Saint Luke's virtual unit has led to improved patient satisfaction and eased some of the stress on bedside nurses.

Read the full Chief Healthcare Executive article: How Teladoc Health Enables Virtual Nursing Teams to Help Hospitals Combat Workforce Challenges

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