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Akron (Ohio) Children’s Hospital has saved 2,000 hours for bedside nurses after rolling out virtual nursing to five units recently. In an era of healthcare workforce shortages, the virtual nurses have ...

A federal judge has delivered a stunning rebuke to Florida health administrators, ruling that the state’s long-standing failure to provide adequate care to children with complex medical needs has ...

CLEARWATER — Melissa Decampos barely had time to grieve when her daughter took her life eight years ago. Someone had to care for her granddaughter, Toriana Hayes, who has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. The ...

Florida has made it difficult for parents to get care for severely disabled kids outside of nursing homes. KELLY MARSH/FOR THE TIMES HERALD USA TODAY NETWORK No disabled child should grow up in a ...

Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital will start phasing in virtual nurses in October, aiming to redesign its care model, provide patient support on demand and surveil patients in real time. Texas ...