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Blogs

Mar 14 2024

Virtual Observation: A Second Set Of Eyes For Short-Staffed Hospitals

If you’ve ever had to stay in a hospital overnight, you’ve likely experienced the frustration of waiting. Whether for your medication, receiving tests, or even being...
Mar 04 2024

5 Reasons Hospitals Should Adopt A Virtual Patient Observation Solution in 2024

Reducing falls and adverse events, improving patient safety program performance, and lowering costs are common benefits of implementing a virtual patient observation...
Feb 14 2024

Best In KLAS Software & Services 2024 Report: Collette Health Now Rated

KLAS released its "Best in KLAS Software & Services report"   last Tuesday. KLAS is a leading provider of research and data statements, whose annual findings...
Jan 31 2024

User Experience: Thoughtful Design Also Benefits Clinicians And Patients

User experience (UX) is how a person feels when interacting with a system.1 The four Cs of design for UX serve as the fundamentals in creating optimal interaction with...
Jan 30 2024

Meeting The Clinician Of Today With The Outcomes Of Tomorrow

Today's landscape shows that adversity can result in positive transformation for industry, including healthcare. Nursing is facing a new and exciting change in how...
Jan 09 2024

Digital Technology Set to Drive Clinical Innovation

Despite the past few years of challenges in the nation’s healthcare systems, future outcomes for patients and providers depend on several factors. Still, as we reflect...
Dec 26 2023

2023: A Year of Intentionality

'Tis the season for a year-in-review retrospective. 2023 has been an incredible and purposeful year for Collette Health as a business but also for the technology...
Dec 19 2023

Secure by Design: SaaS Solutions Built to Navigate Healthcare’s Complex Cybersecurity Landscape

Even with sophisticated cybersecurity technologies in place, no organization is immune to security incidents. The recent attack on Ardent Health underscores the...
Nov 15 2023

Education And The Nurse Preceptor Model

Technology And The Nurse Preceptor: The Future Of Healthcare The role of a preceptor was historically a registered nurse who mentored and led nurses entering the field,...
Nov 02 2023

Virtual Observation And Team Nursing

The beginning of 2020 introduced numerous challenges that would spark indefinite change in the healthcare landscape for clinicians and patients alike. While the...

Case Studies

New Technology to Reduce Patient Falls

We are introducing a new virtual patient observation system at Doylestown Hospital that will allow us to continuously monitor patients who may be at risk for falls....

Owensboro Health Launches Innovative Virtual Observation Program

With staffing levels still on the rebound after the pandemic, it continues to be challenging to monitor patients who require extra attention or are at risk for falls....

How CentraCare Transitioned to Collette Health Remote Patient Observation in 8 Business Days

CentraCare needed a remote observation solution quickly. In this case study, you will learn: Why CentraCare chose Collette Health for remote patient observation How...

How Reid Health Decreased their Fall Rates by 32% with Collette Health

After success with Collette Health in 2020 and 2021, Reid Health increased their number of Collette Health carts from ten to thirty in 2022. In this case study, you...

How Finger Lakes Health Dropped Their Fall Rate by 58% Within Their First 30 Days Using Collette Health

Finger Lakes Health relies on Collette Health virtual observers to benefit patients and staff. In this case study, you will learn: How Finger Lakes Health was able to...

Infographics

Gen-Z: Supporting the Newest Class of Nurses

Today's diverse ensemble of nurses has never represented such a vast landscape of generational differences in healthcare settings. While each generation comes with...

Virtual Care and the Next Generation of Nurses

Today’s nurses exist in a post-pandemic world that presents ongoing challenges and changes. A rise in the use of virtual care technology has helped streamline processes...

Overcome Patient-to-Clinician Language Barriers

The effects of poor cross-cultural communication between clinicians and patients: Increases risks to patient safety Slows patient throughput Affects the care journey at...

Webinars

HealthLeaders Using Virtual Observation to Improve Patient Safety

This HealthLeaders webinar features Christine Gall DrPH, MS, BSN, Chief Nursing Officer at Colette Health, and delves into the benefits of virtual observation programs....

Zero My Hero: Virtual Observation Analytics, A Primer

Chief Product Officer, Nicholas Luthy, Director of User Experience Design, Paul Rouillard, and Senior Director of Clinical Education, Nicole Shields, BSN, RN host this...

Breaking Out of the 1:1 Observation Mindset

With host Erin Patrick, RN, CCRN Collette Health can transform your patient safety program. In this webinar, you will learn: The average cost of 1:1 sitter labor and...

How to Leverage Remote Patient Observation Across Your Organization

With host Nicole Shields, BSN, RN Collette Health can is an effective patient safety tool that can be used in a variety of ways. In this webinar, you will learn: How...

How to Address Staffing Pressure with Collette Health + Staff

With host Holly Jenkins, Collette Health's Director of Virtual Care Services Collette Health now provides staffing support for patient observation. In this webinar, you...

How CentraCare uses Collette Health to Benefit Patients and Providers

With host Kristin Brandt, Clinical Project Lead at CentraCare CentraCare is an integrated health care system in Central Minnesota that includes six hospitals, 18...

Leveraging Collette Health in the Emergency Department

With host Chris Furst, Clinical Coordinator at King's Daughters Medical Center Christ Furst, a Collette Health client at King’s Daughters Health System has been using...

How Collette Health’s Thoughtful Design Improves Both Patient Safety and Sitter Experience

With host Paul Rouillard, Collette Health's Director of User Experience Design The Collette Health software was designed with both sitters and patients in mind. Paul...

The Collette Health Impact: Real Examples from Reid Health

With host Zachary Mogle, Clinical Manager - Nursing Support at Reid Health Reid Health was one of Collette Health’s very first customers, and the Collette Health...

How Finger Lakes Health Leverages Collette Health Virtual Observers to Benefit Patients & Staff

Ardelle Bigos, MSN, RN, CMSRN, NE-BC and Chief Nursing Officer of Finger Lakes Health Finger Lakes Health is a multi-institutional health system that provides a full...

White Papers

The Rise of the Tech-Savvy Clinician

Forced change is sometimes a good thing. The past few years have shown that often, peril can result in positive transformation in how the industry- including...

KLAS Report: Virtual Sitting and Nursing 2023

On Friday, September 15th, KLAS, the leading provider of accurate, honest, and impartial insights for the healthcare information technology (HIT) industry, released its...

How Thoughtful User Experience Design Improves Both the Clinician and Patient Outcomes

Learn about our approach to customer-centric design and the evolution from 10:1 to 12:1 patient to observer ratio. Healthcare staffing shortages are, unfortunately,...

360° Virtual Platform Enhancements

Upgrades Since July 2023 KLAS Report

Virtual Care’s Impact on Innovative Team Nursing Models

The beginning of 2020 introduced numerous challenges that would spark indefinite change in the healthcare landscape for clinicians and patients alike. Half of RNs and...

Predictive AI Drives Better Patient-Clinician Engagement

One of the biggest barriers in acute care is communication. Seconds count when quickly assessing and diagnosing treatment. In this 9-page white paper, you’ll learn how...

Virtual Observation Takes Patient and Clinician Satisfaction to New Heights

In today's rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, patient satisfaction often takes center stage. Still, the pivotal role of clinician satisfaction in delivering...

How Remote Patient Observation Benefits Patients, Providers, and Healthcare Administration

Learn How Virtual Sitting Advances Patient Care. In this white paper, you will learn how virtual sitting: Makes patient observers more efficient by assigning them to...

How Collette Health’s Thoughtful Design Improves Patient Safety and Satisfaction

Learn How Collette Health's UX Design Impacts Patient Safety and Satisfaction. In this white paper, you will learn: How Collette Health helps alleviate healthcare...

How Collette Health Impacts Patient Satisfaction

Patient satisfaction is of tremendous importance. Not only to patient satisfaction scores provide insight into the quality of care, but they impact federal...