March 2, 2021
4 strategies for enabling more efficient, safer, quieter nursing at the point of care
If you’ve ever rolled a nursing WOW into a patient’s room (and if you’re reading this, odds are you have or know someone who has), you know how noisy, bulky, and obtrusive they are. And good luck navigating tight spaces or a room packed during visiting hours. Nurses and patients deserve a better ...
December 3, 2020
How nurses can move forward with mobility [Infographic]
According to a recent Arch Collaborative (a KLAS initiative) study, twenty-five percent of nurses experience burnout, citing reasons such as documentation burden. One way of overcoming burnout and achieving full mobility is using convenient, web-based tools that give clinicians access to an ...
November 18, 2020
How to help patients live well with COPD
Today is World Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD) Day, recognizing the estimated 328 million people worldwide who are living with COPD. Organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), in collaboration with healthcare professionals and COPD patient groups ...
August 18, 2020
On Boston’s front line of COVID-19
At the peak of the coronavirus surge in Massachusetts, I took a leave of absence from my position as a Marketing Solutions Specialist to care for COVID-19 patients. I’m a young nurse with an active license and felt I had a responsibility to help my community. Volunteering at Boston Hope Medical ...
July 28, 2020
Preparing tomorrow’s providers with the latest EHR technology
When new providers enter the field, they need to be ready to deliver quality care to patients, and it’s important that they’re equipped with healthcare technology experience to complement their medical expertise. In addition, the continually changing healthcare IT landscape poses another challenge ...
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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 ...
June 23, 2020
Is the “New Normal” all that new to nurses?
Recently, I was fortunate enough to return to speak at my second MEDITECH Nurse Forum. But this one was a bit different, because when I say “return” I actually didn’t go anywhere, unless you count the walk down the hall to my guest room. I missed seeing you all as I am sure you all missed spending ...
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 ...
April 10, 2020
How Virtual Visits are keeping providers and patients safe at Citizens Memorial Healthcare
Recently Leah Farina, MEDITECH vice president of client services, had an opportunity to discuss the impact of virtual visits and telemedicine on patients and providers at Citizens Memorial Healthcare in Bolivar, Missouri. She spoke with Louis Harris, MD, a family medicine physician and Chief ...
March 13, 2020
MEDITECH staff share what patient safety means to them
When it comes to ensuring patient safety, everyone has a role to play. Patient Safety Awareness Week presents a valuable opportunity for healthcare organizations to promote safety awareness in their communities, and to continue to think of ways in which they might make patient safety part of their ...