And despite common notions that only younger professionals warm up quickly to new technology, Linda insists that she liked video nursing from the moment she saw a demonstration of the technology. I like it. One benefit for patients is the immediacy of video. However, a video visit requires no driving time and therefore a supervisor was able to look in on Elwin before leaving for the day. Kaiser is currently quantifying the benefits of its trial tele-home health care project.
Early results suggest significant time savings.
You have to wash your hands, take your equipment out of your bag and wash your hands again. The Kaiser tele-home health care project in Sacramento is the brainchild of Linda Wheeler, a home health team leader, and Barbara Johnston, a hospice nurse. The two women got the idea while they were taking courses for Master's degrees in nursing. They took one course together via distance learning technology. The professor was in Oakland and the students were at four other sites.