W
hile nurses comprise the largest healthcare workforce- with over 3 million nurses active today – few
solutions address burnout and optimize nurse workflows for
improved care. Across specialties, as nurses work without
dedicated support to lessen administrative duties and ancillary
tasks, patient care has the potential to suffer.
Nurse burnout, caused by high patient ratios and overtime,
increases the likelihood of missed episodes of care, delayed
call bell response times, and decreased patient satisfaction.
As nurses are overextended across units, developing
transformative interventions has become imperative for health
systems and providers.
Introducing Nurse Care Team Assistants
Download the white paper, Vital Signs: Transforming Nurse
Work- Flows in the Age of Burnout, to learn how a Nurse
Care Team Assistant (CTA) pilot program can lessen the
administrative burden threatening productivity and raising costs.
By leveraging Nurse CTAs to address the mounting challenges
of day-to-day patient care, meaningful change can occur. The
top-of-license strategy led to nurses feeling supported, improved
morale, and improved patient care.
Under the supervision of nurses, Nurse CTAs reduced the
complexity of patient care through nurse documentation, comfort
rounding, ADLs including CHG bathing, tracking lab results and
administrative and clinical tasks.Nurse Care Team Assistants can help health systems avoid the
risk of reduced profitability with skyrocketing overtime hours and
low morale faced by nurses who struggle to find the optimism
to stay in the profession. With strategic support, nurses report a
renewed mission to providing compassionate care.
About CareThrough
CareThrough is the 360-degree care management solution for
improving quality of care, patient engagement, and financial
outcomes. As healthcare transitions to value, CareThrough leads
the way in improving the patient care experience via highly-
skilled ancillary support. Our Nurse CTA and Care Navigator
programs lead to better health results and decreased costs. To
learn more, visit https://www.carethrough.com.LEARN MORE 8
ModernHealthcare.com/Perspectives_HealthChannels“ Historically, physicians have typically
been the ones to work with scribes.
Nurse Care Team Assistants introduce
nurse care transformation through a
similar, yet more robust model.”
PERSPECTIVES
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