Pamela Miles is a nurse and health care consultant.

The future of health care is virtual: a nurse’s perspective

Policy
January 25, 2023

This time, it’s my family.

My work takes me all over the U.S., consulting on the implementation of virtual care to get the most appropriate level of care to the patients who need it. I work with teams to develop better workflows and to get more experienced eyes on patients. It’s the kind of care anyone would want for their own family.

I was flying to Utah to assist a hospital system …

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The future of health care is virtual: a nurse’s perspective

Health care, we have a problem

Policy
August 7, 2020

“I live and die by waveforms and not just a snippet.  I need to see the entire waveform and what led to an event to determine an intervention or root cause.”

The intensive care specialist told me this with desperation in his voice. He’s the one who has to tell families that their loved one is gravely ill, that another cardiac event could happen at any time, without warning, or that …

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Health care, we have a problem