WEBINAR 2026 | Beyond the Pilot: Building and Scaling Virtual Nursing Across 2,700+ Beds at Piedmont Health

Denise Ray, BSN, RN, MBA, CEO; Katie Nolen, MPH, PMP, Director of Virtual Health and Grant Reed, MBA, BSN, RN, Clinical Manager, Virtual Nursing Operations, Piedmont Healthcare. Virtual nursing is rapidly emerging as a strategy to support bedside teams, enhance patient experience, and improve operational efficiency. Join leaders from Piedmont Healthcare as they share their journey implementing virtual nursing across 17 hospitals and more than 2,700 beds. This session will explore program design, technology deployment, workflow integration, lessons learned, and early outcomes. Attendees will gain practical insights for building, scaling, and sustaining virtual nursing programs that create capacity for bedside care while supporting quality, safety, and patient-centered outcomes.