Located in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic with Independent Blue Cross Foundation Yes Cooperate to develop a new project Cooperation with mental health software providers Nerve flow Solve the problem of burnout of medical staff.
The program will provide more than 1,800 nurses and front-line staff at three Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic Hospitals in Pennsylvania with the opportunity to use Philadelphia’s NeuroFlow technology: Nazareth Hospital in Philadelphia, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Yeden, and St. Langhorne’s. Mary Medical Center.
The Independent Blue Cross Foundation, a charitable organization and subsidiary of the Philadelphia-based Independent Health Group, is funding the program.
Frontline medical staff in these three hospitals will be able to use NeuroFlow’s app to record daily insights, from sleep patterns to mood scores, as well as logs about their experiences, and access content about stress and anxiety and other mental health issues.
“Almost every day there is a new article or study that highlights the clinical burnout problem in the United States,” said Chris Molaro, who is Nerve flow, In an email. “Stress and anxiety are part of our lives, but we now have the tools to measure and track stress and anxiety while promoting an overall healthy lifestyle.”
The clinical care team will monitor the health trends on the app and intervene when medical staff indicate that they need a higher level of support. NeuroFlow will also measure the improvement of the user’s symptoms.
The ongoing pandemic has destroyed the mental health of medical workers around the world. In the U.S., more than half (56%) of frontline workers stated that Covid-19-related concerns or stress caused them to have sleep problems, frequent headaches or stomach pains (31%), or increased alcohol or drug use (16%), According to a survey Conducted by the Washington Post and the Caesars Family Foundation in February and March.
New research shows that nurses in particular are struggling.In the previous week Survey conducted last September, Nurses reported that they felt anxious for 3.1 days, withdrawn for 1.8 days, and had difficulty falling asleep for 2.7 days.
“The ultimate goal of this release is to help nurses who help us when we need it most-to cultivate an overall healthier, happier and more flexible care plan,” Moraro said.
Starting this week, employees of Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic Hospital will be able to access the NeuroFlow app. The health system will then evaluate whether to expand the program beyond the initial three hospitals.
“We are confident [NeuroFlow has] Stephen P. Fera, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs at Independence Blue Cross said in an email:
NeuroFlow has implemented similar plans with branches of the US military, including air forceIt has also signed contracts with other health systems and insurance companies, and currently supports 450,000 people across the country.
Photo: Nerve Flow
