title: The Explosion of Virtual Nursing Care.
abstract: The call for care model innovation is clear, spearheaded by rising healthcare costs, changing payer expectations, overall fiscal and workforce shortages, and an increasingly comorbid patient population requiring significant, long-term support. As part of care model innovation, the leveraging of technology is key.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Managing Director and Chief Nursing Officer, The Advisory Board Company, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boston-Fleischhauer
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000639:trends; D003200:Computer User Training / Q000639:trends*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000639:trends*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D055817:Telenursing / Q000639:trends*