OhioHealth is succeeding with smart rooms
Physicians, nurses and patients have embraced the health system's smart rooms, which, along with virtual nursing, have helped slash nursing turnover at one hospital from 23% in July 2024 to 14% this year.
Written by Bill Siwicki is Managing Editor of Healthcare IT News
OhioHealth is a Columbus-based not-for-profit health system of the United Methodist Church. It includes 35,000 associates, physicians and volunteers, and a network of 16 hospitals, three joint-venture hospitals, 200 ambulatory sites and other health services spanning a 50-county area.
The health system has a successful implementation of the Vibe Health by eVideon smart room platform, which is not yet a widely used setup. But OhioHealth had three reasons driving its desire to jump into smart rooms – consumerism, nursing turnover, and improving patient care. In this article, Duane D. Perry, RN, chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services at OhioHealth shares how health system's investment in smart rooms with virtual nursing integration is paying off.
