Abstract
The essential role of nurses in leading, developing, and improving Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) telehealth services and programs was a key reason the organization was selected to receive the American Nurses Credentialing Center 2013 Magnet® Prize. This article describes the application of telehealth as a nurse-led technology. The innovations within LVHN telehealth services are presented as well as essential success factors of design, implementation, and evaluation.
MeSH terms
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Critical Care Nursing / methods
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Critical Care Nursing / organization & administration*
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Critical Care Nursing / trends
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Humans
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Leadership
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Medicaid / economics
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Medicaid / standards
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Medicare / economics
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Medicare / standards
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Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
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Monitoring, Physiologic / nursing*
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Nurse's Role
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Organizational Case Studies
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Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / economics
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Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / statistics & numerical data
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Patient Satisfaction*
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Pennsylvania
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Reimbursement Mechanisms / standards
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Reimbursement Mechanisms / trends
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Telemedicine / organization & administration*
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United States
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Workforce