Innovative solutions are needed to cut costs and improve efficiency
Current challenges in the rural healthcare industry are forcing hospital leadership to seek innovative ways of streamlining workflow and patient care.
As staff shortages and burnout rates increase alongside labor cost and operating expenses, healthcare facilities need to look for solutions to continue operating efficiently and cost-effectively, while still maintaining a high level of patient care.
While these issues are affecting all healthcare facilities, rural healthcare facilities face many unique challenges, including:
Within the hospital ecosystem, there are many areas of expenditure that feel unavoidable in order to maintain a high level of care. Nursing is one key area, which often includes costly expenses such as travel RN costs, new hire training due to turnover and overtime labor. Some numbers that highlight the need for innovative nursing solutions include:
Banyan offers hospitals one great way to alleviate this strain by providing virtual nursing services to augment hospitals’ current nursing staff. Our highly trained, top-of-license nurses can take on a wide range of tasks to allow in-hospital nurses to do the work they find fulfilling and engaging. This helps to reduce turnover and burnout and can save hospitals significant costs while improving patient outcomes and HCAHPS scores.
As the pioneer in virtual nursing, Banyan has both the experience and staffing to help you implement and sustain this innovative healthcare solution. We pride ourselves on three key benefits we provide:
Our partners at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana, show just how helpful Banyan’s Virtual Care Model can be.
Take a few minutes to find out how our Virtual Technology can make a lasting impact on your healthcare delivery system. Call, email or visit us today.