Pilot Program Aims To Boost Nurses’ Time With Patients
A $4.1 million pilot program at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Sacramento and Santa Clara is making changes to nurses' workflow to allow them more time with patients. For instance, nurses ending their shifts partner with nurses coming in to work to check patients, and nurses also are using a timer function in iPod Touches to remind them to check if pain medications are working.
- "Program Puts Nurses in Touch With Patients" (Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 4/9).