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New efforts try to balance nurse staffing ratios with access to care

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Healthcare organizations are "greatly interested" in innovations that can modernize nursing and solve the challenge, according to Tom Leary, senior vice president and head of government relations at HIMSS, the parent company of Healthcare IT News. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Illinois permanently expands access to telehealth

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The bill, HB 3308, requires insurance reimbursement parity for virtual mental health and substance use disorder services, as well as authorizing all other telehealth to be covered through 2027. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Telehealth revenue could hit $20B in five years, say analysts

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revenue by 2027. The Digital Reshaping the Health Care Ecosystem publication said that virtual care is set to "become a staple" of healthcare delivery. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @kjercich.

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$15M Singapore-London partnership to help stem APAC's growing healthcare cybersecurity woes

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In Singapore's public health facilities, for example, about 15% or over 16,000 medical devices have Internet connectivity. billion by 2027 , growing at a 12% CAGR from 2022. THE LARGER CONTEXT More and more medical devices are getting hooked up to hospital and home networks and the Internet.