Hospital officials say the idea is meant to address a staffing shortage by spreading the workload between more caregivers.

In 2024, nurse-led protests spotlighted these concerns. In April, the California Nurses Association staged a demonstration at Kaiser Permanente's San Francisco Medical Center, advocating for nurses ...

In October, Providence Alaska Medical Center launched a virtual nursing program in two patient care areas, assigning virtual nurses to manage tasks such as discharge planning, medication management ...

Heli ski guide Aaron Karitis was caught in an avalanche near Haines, Alaska and is in critical condition at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. BREAKING NEWS, UPDATED: March 18, 6:10 pm, ...

Renton, Washington-based Providence operates four hospitals in the North Bay: Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Petaluma Valley ...

Providence Health plans to spin off its home-health services along with hospice and palliative care into a new joint venture ...

Hospitals across the country are turning to virtual care from nurses to help reduce the stress of staff shortages. Your Alaska Link tells us how an anchorage hospital is getting ...

Providence has signed an agreement to form a joint venture with Compassus, a provider of home-based health care services, Providence announced Oct. 22. The new entity will be called Providence at ...

BC, is director of nursing for Emergency Services, inpatient behavioral health and the Clinical Decision Unit at Providence ...

Last week, Providence Alaska Medical Center announced it had implemented what it calls a "co-caring model" of nursing at two units of its flagship hospital in Anchorage. Instead of being attended ...