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On a recent weekday, Jess Rowell squared off in front of five computer monitors in an office cubicle at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, her navy scrubs the only hint that she wasn’t a Wall Street trader.

On one screen, the registered nurse pulled up records and reviewed medications against the results of lab tests to make sure all were in line. Another color-coded screen showed seven patients scheduled for discharge that day.

As each patient’s turn came, the system would allow Rowell to call into his room, asking first whether it was a good time to talk, and then appear on a screen to walk him through his discharge orders. If a patient was going home with a dressing that would require changing, for instance, she could go over written instructions or demonstrate the steps. If a doctor wanted to show a patient an x-ray, she could ring Rowell via the stethoscope icon on a touch screen and Rowell could put it on the display.

Part of a system known as a virtual integrated care team, the setup that CHI Health is testing at hospitals in Lincoln and Kearney is one of a number of ways health care systems are tapping technology in-house to help monitor and care for patients, just as they continue to expand their ability to reach patients electronically outside their walls.