http://histalk2.com/2009/01/26/an-hit-moment-with-michael-oneil-jr/ Healthcare IT News and Opinion Tue, 22 May 2012 14:25:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://histalk2.com/2009/01/26/an-hit-moment-with-michael-oneil-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-3216 Pat Tibbs Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:37:25 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2009/01/26/an-hit-moment-with-michael-oneil-jr/#comment-3216 Hope you're right but given the battle we had with our governor here in California over the nurse : patient ratio I'm still concerned. Hope you’re right but given the battle we had with our governor here in California over the nurse : patient ratio I’m still concerned.

]]> http://histalk2.com/2009/01/26/an-hit-moment-with-michael-oneil-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-3214 Rick P. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:12:04 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2009/01/26/an-hit-moment-with-michael-oneil-jr/#comment-3214 I do not believe the tool is intended to change the nurse to patient ratio but to allow more time for the nursing staff to do clinical duties and take away some of the non-clinical requests by directing the patient directly to the person and or department that they need...such as "click here to speak to the Chaplin" "Click here to order your lunch" then the request is routed to the the proper location... Clinical staff deserve the time to care for a patients health needs....this tool could give them that time. I do not believe the tool is intended to change the nurse to patient ratio but to allow more time for the nursing staff to do clinical duties and take away some of the non-clinical requests by directing the patient directly to the person and or department that they need…such as “click here to speak to the Chaplin” “Click here to order your lunch” then the request is routed to the the proper location… Clinical staff deserve the time to care for a patients health needs….this tool could give them that time.

]]> http://histalk2.com/2009/01/26/an-hit-moment-with-michael-oneil-jr/comment-page-1/#comment-3165 Pat Tibbs Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:49:01 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2009/01/26/an-hit-moment-with-michael-oneil-jr/#comment-3165 This is interesting and I suspect such tools may result in greater patient per R.N. numbers but I have concerns about the impact of system failure given a reduced nurse to patient ratio. What happens if the system fails and there is a 1:10 ratio rather than the 1:4 or 1:5 today? This is interesting and I suspect such tools may result in greater patient per R.N. numbers but I have concerns about the impact of system failure given a reduced nurse to patient ratio. What happens if the system fails and there is a 1:10 ratio rather than the 1:4 or 1:5 today?

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