Health · Healthcare & Policy · 5 hrs ago
CommonSpirit’s 452-site virtual hospital aims to address staff shortages
CommonSpirit Health is developing a virtual hospital spanning 452 sites.
The Chicago-based health system has been moving more hospitals onto similar technology platforms.
Leaders see virtual care as a way to address shortages of nurses and providers.
They aim to use it to make limited resources go further at bedsides, in homes and clinics.
The effort began before COVID-19 and later accelerated.
CommonSpirit’s virtual hospital is also becoming a pipeline for healthcare workers.
CommonSpirit Health is using virtual care to help address nurse and provider shortages.
The Chicago-based health system’s leaders saw an opportunity as more hospitals moved onto similar technology platforms.
The effort aims to make better use of limited resources at the bedside, in the home and in the clinic.
The effort began before the COVID-19 pandemic and later accelerated.
- Who
- CommonSpirit Health, a Chicago-based health system.
- What
- It is using virtual care across a 452-site virtual hospital to help address staff shortages.
- When
- The effort began before the COVID-19 pandemic and later accelerated.
- Where
- CommonSpirit hospitals, as well as bedside, home and clinic care settings.
- Why
- To make better use of limited resources amid nurse and provider shortages.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
CommonSpirit’s virtual-care effort began.
The effort accelerated.
- Virtual hospital
- 452 sites
- Health system
- CommonSpirit Health
- Headquarters
- Chicago
- Staff shortages
- Nurse and provider shortages
- Care settings
- Bedside, home and clinic