Aetna alters commercial policy, discontinuing certain telehealth services from Dec.1, including audio-only and text-based visits expanded during public health emergency. Despite changes, Aetna's coverage for telehealth services, including routine care, sick visits, and prescription refills, more extensive than pre-pandemic. Other stakeholders in healthcare assessing telehealth flexibilities post-emergency period, expecting key decisions by 2024.

Aetna to cut coverage for audio-only and asynchronous text-based telehealth visits Healthcare Finance News

Nursing embracing technology for enhanced patient care; remote monitoring, telehealth, AI-assisted diagnostics, simulation training, and robotics boost efficiency, accessibility. Virtual nursing augments care, optimizes workflows, and improves decision-making capabilities. Benefits include reduced readmissions, patient participation in care plans, convenience, and improved access for rural and mobility-challenged patients. Despite the advancements, in-person care remains irreplaceable.

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Atrium Health to deploy Microsoft subsidiary Nuance's AI Copilot across its 40 hospitals, generating clinical summaries from patient encounters to enhance efficiency, satisfaction, patient care quality. Early use reports patient volume and time spent increase.

Atrium to roll out AI 'copilot' across 40 hospitals Beckers Hospital Review

Cyberattacks, particularly supply chain and email compromise attacks, threaten patient care with 88% of healthcare organizations experiencing on average 40 attacks in the past 12 months, costing around $4.99 million per attack, a 13% increase from the previous year. 66% of these attacks disrupted patient care, causing poor outcomes, delays in procedures, complications, and increased mortality rates. Supply chain attacks most affect patient care, with 64% of organizations experiencing such an attack in the past two years, causing 77% disruption in patient care. Ransomware remains a significant threat, despite declining concerns, with 54% of organizations reporting an attack, and while a smaller number paid ransoms this year, the cost for the highest ransom payment spiked by 29%.

Patient care threatened by ever-increasing cyberattacks Healthcare Finance News

Aetna alters commercial policy, discontinuing certain telehealth services from Dec.1, including audio-only and text-based visits expanded during public health emergency. Despite changes, Aetna's coverage for telehealth services, including routine care, sick visits, and prescription refills, more extensive than pre-pandemic. Other stakeholders in healthcare assessing telehealth flexibilities post-emergency period, expecting key decisions by 2024.

Aetna to cut coverage for audio-only and asynchronous text-based telehealth visits Healthcare Finance News

Nursing embracing technology for enhanced patient care; remote monitoring, telehealth, AI-assisted diagnostics, simulation training, and robotics boost efficiency, accessibility. Virtual nursing augments care, optimizes workflows, and improves decision-making capabilities. Benefits include reduced readmissions, patient participation in care plans, convenience, and improved access for rural and mobility-challenged patients. Despite the advancements, in-person care remains irreplaceable.

Click for Care: How Virtual Nursing Is Improving Outcomes healthsystemcio.com

Atrium Health to deploy Microsoft subsidiary Nuance's AI Copilot across its 40 hospitals, generating clinical summaries from patient encounters to enhance efficiency, satisfaction, patient care quality. Early use reports patient volume and time spent increase.

Atrium to roll out AI 'copilot' across 40 hospitals Beckers Hospital Review

Cyberattacks, particularly supply chain and email compromise attacks, threaten patient care with 88% of healthcare organizations experiencing on average 40 attacks in the past 12 months, costing around $4.99 million per attack, a 13% increase from the previous year. 66% of these attacks disrupted patient care, causing poor outcomes, delays in procedures, complications, and increased mortality rates. Supply chain attacks most affect patient care, with 64% of organizations experiencing such an attack in the past two years, causing 77% disruption in patient care. Ransomware remains a significant threat, despite declining concerns, with 54% of organizations reporting an attack, and while a smaller number paid ransoms this year, the cost for the highest ransom payment spiked by 29%.

Patient care threatened by ever-increasing cyberattacks Healthcare Finance News