American Association of Colleges of Nursing recognizes innovative approach to care

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) today honored The Ohio State University College of Nursing with its 2021 Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award for the creation and execution of its Telehealth Wellness Hub and Wellness Partner Program. This award recognizes the outstanding work of AACN member schools to re-envision traditional models for nursing education and lead programmatic change.

by Pat Ford-Roegner

In the 1960s, NASA launched the use of telehealth to monitor astronauts’ vital signs. Later, mental health counselors embraced the use of telehealth sessions.

Despite its strong historical track record, though, many policymakers have questioned telehealth’s widespread usefulness for years. They cite the public’s often-expressed reticence to share information via new technology and the need to devote limited funding resources to other diagnosis and treatment tools.

Telehealth – the use of communication technologies to provide healthcare services remotely – offers both patient convenience and a promising solution to the crisis of limited healthcare access in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) across the United States. Its use is spreading widely and, at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, we teach telehealth techniques across our curriculum, both on campus and online.

The Ohio State University College of Nursing incorporates telehealth across nursing curricula with innovative techniques, tools, pedagogy and learning environments to prepare students for the healthcare of today and tomorrow.

Open house planned for April 2, 2018

Ohio State Lima students, employees and dependents will now have access to onsite healthcare in the Student Services Center on campus through the Ohio State Total Health and Wellness at Lima health center, utilizing telehealth equipment connected to the Columbus campus.