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All of our at home staff connect directly to the Emory network via a private VPN, so there is not security concern from that perspective. They also sign a privacy and disclosure agreement with Emory before they work from home that also holds them accountable. For individuals at home that might experience ...

Craig, We always have at lest one nurse out of four in the work area. We do at times have three nurses at home, but there as I said there is always one in the centralized hub. If there is a outage of some sort that affects the nurse at home they are required to go in to the hub. We currently use ...

Our workflows have really remained much the same with the addition of communication tools, but the eICU RNs at home are providing the exact same care with the same workflows and practices. ------------------------------ Cheryl Hiddleson Director Emory eICU Center Emory EICU Center Atlanta GA ------ ...

The remote nurses must set up the equipment at their home. We put together an extensive instruction manual that is included with the work from home (WFJ) package to assist them. Our eICU nurses tend to be very technically friendly and have managed this very well. Once they set up the equipment they communicate ...

I actually own the equipment. The nurses bring the equipment back to the COR and the next nurse in the rotation comes and picks it up. Between each rotation each nurse has to test the equipment before taking it home to ensure all applications we use are functioning correctly. It does provide updates ...

My eICU nurses work from home. I purchased laptops, monitors, a docking station and web camera for each. I currently have 5 nurses out of 15 working from home at a time (some did not want to participate). They work one month at home than two months in the clinical operations room. That way it gives everyone ...

Cheryl Hiddleson Director Emory eICU Center. Emory Healthcare, Atlanta Georgia. ------------------------------ Cheryl Hiddleson Director Emory eICU Center Emory EICU Center Atlanta GA ------------------------------