In this week’s insights post, we discuss recent news regarding the promise of incorporating AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and telemedicine or telehealth services in patient care.
AI and Telemedicine in 2025
Artificial intelligence technologies have already established themselves as promising tools for improving healthcare. In recent years, efforts to integrate AI into telemedicine or telehealth (the application of digital communications technologies to provide healthcare at a distance) have become increasingly popular. In an interview, Dr. Stephanie Lahr, president of Artisight, said that AI in 2025 will prove its value through practical applications that improve telemedicine. According to Dr. Lahr, AI will be able to create a so-called intelligent care environment that will help clinicians and nurses optimise patient care, access patients in rural communities, recognise health deterioration, and make decisions.
AI helps optimise the time it takes to complete session notes in telepsychiatry
Therapists at Impower, a non-profit behavioral health organisation, have been successfully using AI technology to reduce time spent on taking notes. According to Marcie Dearth, COO of Impower, this practice has helped prevent late documentation and allowed clinicians to be more present with clients during virtual sessions. The AI system uses patient data to formulate insights and populate suggested text into clinical notes, reducing the time to complete session notes by 23%.
Virtual nursing care and AI in inpatient care show general acceptance
Joslin Insight in cooperation with the American Organization for Nursing Leadership on behalf of AvaSure have published the results of their joint survey called ‘The Virtual Care Insight Survey’ as a follow-up from a survey 18 months ago. The two surveys combined received responses from more than 1,000 healthcare professionals. They aimed to look at the adoption of virtual nursing and inpatient virtual care, which involves generative AI (#genAI) tools. According to the results from this year’s survey, 74% of hospital leaders believe virtual nursing will become a standard component of acute care delivery.
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