NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—For frontline medical professionals such as Crystal Watson, a registered nurse working at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, the ongoing pandemic has taken a significant emotional and physical toll. The long hours of caring for patients, the relentlessness of the disease itself, as well as having to communicate with family members unable to visit their loved ones, can be overwhelming—sometimes debilitating, she said. “When COVID first struck, I wasn’t worried. I knew I was working for the best hospital in Orange County, and I felt extremely confident about my skills and rounded approach in caring for my patients,” Watson told the Epoch Times. “But we really didn’t know what was to unfold, or understand how devastating this disease could be. It was a combination of what I call ‘competency and chaos.’ It was confusing, frustrating….exhausting.” Turning to Technology Recognizing that nurses and other healthcare professionals were in need of …