Northeast Ohio, like much of the country, still faces a shortage of health care workers. Enter Cleveland’s Green Harvest Capital (GHC), which has invested in — and teamed — with North Carolina company Vitalchat to provide a technical solution that can fill that gap.

Vitalchat and another GHC company, Cleveland-based Re-Sources, are turning hospital patient room televisions into a two-way communications system between patients and their caregivers, loved ones or consulting specialists. And University Hospitals sees big possibilities in using the platform. [...]