There are seven major obstacles that stand in the way of healthcare execs who want to implement virtual nursing and AI in their health systems, say these nurse leaders.
As AI and virtual nursing become industry standards, CNOs and other healthcare leaders must develop strategies to overcome obstacles and ensure the sustainability of this technology.
The Winning Edge for Overcoming Key Barriers to Virtual Nursing Adoption webinar included three experts on the subject: Laura Rashleger, VP Nursing Operations and Virtual Nursing at Advocate Health, Yuri Mykoo, SVP and CNO at Tampa General Hospital, and Dr. Christine Gall, CNO at Collette Health.
Here's what the panelists said are the biggest hurdles to virtual nursing and AI adoption.
This webinar was sponsored by Collette Health.
G Hatfield is the CNO editor for HealthLeaders.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
CNOs should first ask their nurses and frontline staff what pain points they experience in their daily workflows that could be addressed with technology.
Nurse leaders must focus on change management and communicating the reason behind why the technology is being added to the workflow.
CNOs should consider measuring retention and turnover, readmissions, length of stay, throughput, and nurse-sensitive indicators to determine the success of their adoption strategies.