Nurses Leading the Transformation of Patient Care Through Telehealth.

J Nurs Adm

Author Affiliations: Clinical Coordinators (Mss Yesenofski and Kromer), Telehealth Services, and Manager (Ms Hitchings), Center for Professional Excellence, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Published: December 2015

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.

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