title: Online learning: an innovative solution to meeting the challenges of staff education.
abstract: Scheduling traditional continuing education and required classes for homecare staff can be challenging, resulting in low attendance and compliance rates. Innovative, flexible, and accessible educational opportunities are needed to meet clinicians' educational needs. This article describes the affect of implementing online learning at one homecare agency. Implementation of online learning has resulted in an improvement in staff satisfaction, increase in compliance, and cost savings.
authors.affiliation: Virtua Home Care, Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA. bnbelliott@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dillon
mesh_terms: D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods*; D004506:Education, Nursing; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011340:Problem Solving; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D000078329:Workforce