Website spotlight: Virtual discharge assistant cuts readmissions, costs
Nurse Leader Weekly, March 14, 2011
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Rebecca Hendren, for HealthLeaders Media, March 8, 2011
Now that patient satisfaction and patient experience are set to be tied to reimbursement, nurse leaders are looking for innovative solutions to improve these scores without adding tasks to already overworked staff.
One technological innovation that may become more common is the virtual discharge assistant. (Yes, companies may term these robots "discharge nurses," but as I wrote last week, using the term to refer to anything other than a member of the profession of nursing does a disservice to the profession.)
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