There's a new computer that can perform some of the duties usually carried out by a nurse in the operating room. Health Contributor Dr. Emily Senay went to Hackensack Medical Center in New Jersey ...

A miniature computer that regulates the infusion of drugs in hospital patients works better than experienced nurses, researchers at Emory University say. In a recent test, nurses and computers ...

The companywide information system failure at Sutter Health last week is raising concerns among some nurses and at least one patient about how the health-care giant functioned amid the crisis.

When the University of Colorado Hospital moved to a new facility in July 2007, it saw an opportunity to improve nurse satisfaction by upgrading the computer process nurses used at the bedside.

Patients’ perception of nurse communication factors into both Press Ganey and HCAHPS patient experience scores, and an initiative at one Texas hospital shows the simple act of sitting down with ...

“If a nurse is well-equipped to answer difficult questions, then that helps the patient,” said Lucero-Palacios. Last winter, University of Delaware senior Rana Tuncer (left), a computer science major, ...