Syracuse, NY — Upstate University Hospital is changing how it admits and discharges dozens of patients each day, a move that is speeding up emergency room admissions and freeing up nurses to provide more bedside care at its two hospitals.
Traditionally, patients meet face-to-face with nurses and staff to check into the ERs and out of hospitals.
Now, these interactions are handled remotely by a nurse sitting at an Upstate command center in DeWitt…