December 8, 2020
Managing a crisis with COVID-19 drive-thru testing at Lawrence General Hospital
With the COVID-19 pandemic surging, healthcare organizations are tasked with the ongoing challenge of providing sufficient testing for their communities. Lawrence General Hospital (Lawrence, MA) is located in one of the hardest hit cities in Massachusetts with over 8,400 positive cases. As a ...
July 2, 2020
7 Reflections on Lighting the Way through Innovation: MEDITECH’s 2020 Virtual Nurse Forum
For many of us in healthcare, living through this time of crisis has been an experience like no other. This is especially true for nurses and nurse informaticists, who are providing so much clinical, technological, and emotional support for care teams as well as their communities. The Year of the ...
May 5, 2020
Recognizing the not-so-everyday heroism of nurses
There has been a lot of talk about heroes lately, and rightfully so. Over the past several weeks I’ve been seeing signs around the neighborhood, made by children, thanking our healthcare heroes: hand-drawn rainbow art taped to front doors and living room windows. It got me thinking about what our ...
September 24, 2019
How nursing roles are expanding to support population health efforts
In order to build healthier communities and improve population health management, providers need information about a patients’ health that goes beyond clinical factors. How can we achieve this?
August 29, 2019
Improving coordinated labor and delivery care for mothers and babies
Among the many tasks that nurses face, one of the most challenging — and rewarding — is supporting mothers through childbirth. Because labor and delivery can be unpredictable, requiring nurses to monitor and interpret lots of data while managing their patients safely, it’s critical that they have ...
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May 9, 2019
National Nurses Week gives us ‘4 Million Reasons to Celebrate’
It’s been almost 70 years since the idea of publicly recognizing nurses was first discussed — and while healthcare has undergone huge changes in nearly seven decades, the fact remains that nurses continue to serve one of the most critical roles in delivering patient care.
March 5, 2019
Let’s celebrate nurses in 2019
As nurses, we understand that our role continues to evolve within healthcare as a whole — and the tools that nurses use in delivering care are also changing. That’s why this year, we’ll be hosting and attending several events aimed at exploring new innovations that help nurses in their critical ...
May 22, 2018
Nurses remain in critical role amid changes in healthcare
As healthcare continues to evolve, there is one constant when it comes to treating patients: The critical role that nurses play in delivering quality care. That role has certainly expanded over the years, particularly in the areas of establishing and maintaining patient safety, finding workflow ...
April 3, 2018
How new nursing roles are shaping the future of healthcare
When I think about how far we've come with providing care across the entire care continuum, it reminds me of one of my favorite documentaries, Remaking American Medicine. One of the patients this PBS series introduces is a woman with multiple chronic diseases. It's clear how important her ...
January 4, 2018
How EHRs give time back to nurses
It goes without saying that nurses are busy. Caring for patients and keeping up with documentation (amidst their many other clinical responsibilities) takes up the majority of their time and resources. However, there are tools that nurses should add to their arsenal, that won’t take more time out ...