January 31, 2025- The country’s nursing shortage shows no signs of slowing — which means healthcare providers must remain committed to finding innovative, tech-enabled ways to reduce nurses’ burnout and stress levels, according to MedCity News. One health system — Sentara Health, which operates 12 hospitals across Virginia and North Carolina — has been leveraging iPhones to help improve nurses’ job satisfaction. Over the past year or so, the health system has invested $11 million into 4,900 iPhones, which are currently being used by 10,550 nurses across 11 of Sentara’s hospitals.
The nurses’ iPhones may look like regular smartphones, but Sentara has configured them to be secure and HIPAA-compliant. One of the main benefits of the phones is that they make it easier for nurses to communicate with various care team members across the health system.