What is the focus of the Care Anywhere Podcast episode?

The episode focuses on using virtual health to tap into a global workforce, exploring how telehealth and remote patient monitoring can address healthcare workforce shortages. It also discusses the challenges and innovations in the adoption of virtual care globally.

Who is Laura Messineo, and what is her role?

Laura Messineo is the Chief Nursing Officer at WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions with over 35 years of experience in nursing. She has been instrumental in piloting virtual healthcare initiatives and leads numerous virtual health programs within a major U.S. health system.

How does virtual health benefit global healthcare systems?

Virtual health allows international healthcare professionals to support systems worldwide, addressing staff shortages and accessing a broader talent pool. It enhances career sustainability, improves care delivery, and supports equitable healthcare solutions in a global context.

Virtual Health: Enabling Employers to Tap i...

Virtual Health: Enabling Employers to Tap into a Global Workforce

The episode of Care Anywhere discusses leveraging virtual health to access a global healthcare workforce. Laura Messineo shares her experience in virtual nursing and remote monitoring to address workforce shortages. The conversation highlights international telehealth initiatives and the need for tech-savvy, English-proficient global nurses.

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By Lea Sims · October 21, 2025, 9:08 AM UTCAi in HealthcareCare AccessEnglish ProficiencyGlobal Workforce

Key takeaways

Virtual health expands global workforce access.

Telehealth can mitigate healthcare workforce shortages.

Adopting virtual care requires tech readiness and language skills.

In this episode of Care Anywhere: The Global Health Workforce Podcast, host Lea Sims, Chief Marketing Officer of TruMerit, welcomes Laura Messineo, Chief Nursing Officer at WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions. With more than 35 years of nursing experience and two decades pioneering virtual health, Laura shares her expertise in using telehealth to expand access, empower clinicians, and support international workforce mobility.

Laura reflects on her career journey from critical care to leading more than 100 virtual health programs across a major U.S. health system. She describes the early challenges of building telehealth before reimbursement and policy frameworks existed, and how those lessons now shape her leadership at WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions.

The conversation explores how virtual nursing, remote patient monitoring, and AI-driven innovations are transforming care delivery and alleviating workforce shortages. Laura highlights her organization’s groundbreaking initiative to establish virtual care operations in the Philippines, enabling international nurses to support U.S. hospitals while remaining in-country.

Looking ahead, Laura and Lea discuss the evolution of reimbursement, provider adoption, and the growing demand for English proficiency and tech readiness among global nurses. Their discussion underscores how virtual health can strengthen equity, sustain careers, and reimagine the patient-provider relationship.

With insights that blend clinical expertise, innovation, and workforce strategy, this episode sheds light on the opportunities and challenges of virtual care in a global context.

Tune in to the full episode at trumerit.org/podcast or on your favorite podcast platform.