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- May 24, 2022
3 Ways to Explore Innovation at AHA’s Leadership Summit Virginia Hospital’s COVID-19 Triage Model May Pay Dividends Even after the Pandemic Humana to Double Down on Value-Based Primary Care Clinics Targeting Medicare Patients - May 17, 2022
4 Keys to Delivering Superior Virtual Care Weigh In Social Factors Along with Clinical Conditions When Predicting Sepsis Risks - May 10, 2022
4 Health Care Workforce Moves to Make Now Mayo Clinic Uses AI to Detect Weak Heart Pump via Apple Watch ECGs It’s Time to Make Cybersecurity a Leadership Imperative - May 3, 2022
How UofU Health Is Benefiting from Intensive Behavioral and Physical Health Care NexHealth Secures $125 Million for Patient-Engagement Platform - April 26, 2022
3 Keys to CVS Health’s Growth Strategy Mayo Clinic Turns to Tech Innovation to Optimize Nurse Staffing - April 19, 2022
3 Ways Hospitals Are Tackling Maternal Health Innovation Advancing Digital Patient Engagement: Opportunities for Differentiation - April 12, 2022
Inside Novant, Mayo, Advocate Innovation Initiatives Surge in Demand for Pediatric Behavioral Health Services Fuels Funding for Startup Brightline - April 5, 2022
Innovation Lessons from the Pandemic What’s Next for Unitedhealth and Optum after $5.4 Billion Acquisition of Home Care Provider? - March 29, 2022
Walmart and Amazon Execs Tip Strategy Plans AHA Makes Second Round of Investments in Health-Equity Startup Funds - March 22, 2022
3 Ways to Improve Odds for Success with Startups Intermountain, Northwell Health Workforce Collaboration Spawns a Nationwide Alliance - March 15, 2022
Banner | Aetna Aligns Incentives to Drive Innovation Civica Rx Aims to Disrupt Generic Insulin Market Pricing by 2024 - March 8, 2022
3 Takeaways from Recent Telehealth Analyses Alexa Will Now Connect Consumers to a Teladoc Physician - March 1, 2022
4 Innovations That Could Transform Health Care This Year Why Virtual Reality Could Be a Bigger Part of Health Care’s Future - February 22, 2022
3 Principles for a Seamless Patient Digital Experience Is It Time to Develop a Digital Hippocratic Oath? - February 15, 2022
5 Ways to Ease Staffing Shortages Now and into the Future Surgery Patients Give High Marks to Hybrid Care Hotel Approach - February 8, 2022
How to Address 3 Critical Health Care Focus Areas for 2022 Walmart to Leverage AI Software to Guide Employees to Clinicians - February 1, 2022
6 Digital Health Startups to Watch in 2022 Humana Plans Primary Care Expansion in Medically Underserved Areas - January 25, 2022
6 Imperatives to Improving Behavioral Health Access AHA, Others Back First Venture Fund to Invest in Black-Owned Health Care Firms AI Coalition Plans to Transform the Field Through Responsible Adoption - January 18, 2022
Three Takeaways from the J.P. Morgan Health Care Conference 5 Key Competencies for Emerging Health Care Leaders - January 11, 2021
Why 2022 Will Be a Year of Disruptor Differentiation - December 21, 2021
Applying Equity to Funding Health Care Startups The Other Shoe Has Dropped: CVS Health to Add Physicians - December 14, 2021
How to Help Clinicians Cope with the Pandemic’s Impact CVS Health Looks to Microsoft to Help Build Out Personalized Care Strategy - December 7, 2021
Is Subscription-Based Digital Health on the Horizon? Atrium Health Pursues $1.5 Billion Innovation District - November 23, 2021
Prepare for Shifts in Alternative Care Settings Employers Expand Health Benefits During the Pandemic New Solution Helps to Address Unfair Commercial Health Care Plans - November 16, 2021
3 Takeaways from the Rise of Virtual-First Health Plans Truveta Shares COVID-19 Insights from 20 Health Systems - November 9, 2021
3 Workforce Strategy Imperatives Teladoc Lays Out Its Differentiated Primary Care Strategy Walmart Hires Ochsner Exec to Lead Health Care Push - November 2, 2021
Will Startup PBMs Drive Drug Price Transparency? Oak Street’s RubiconMD Acquisition to Drive Virtual Specialty Care Loyal and LifePoint Partner to Improve the Patient Experience - October 26, 2021
4 Transformation Takeaways from HLTH Walgreens Launches Health Care Division, Ready to Take on Risk Walmart, Transcarent Team Up to Woo Self-Insured Employers - October 19, 2021
How JPMorgan Plans to Disrupt Primary Care — and What You Can Do About It Mount Sinai Puts New AI Department at the Center of Patient Care - October 12, 2021
AWS Taps 10 Health Care Startups for Inaugural Accelerator Program Intermountain, Presbyterian and SSM Health Tackle Digital Transformation - October 5, 2021
4 Steps to Mitigate Algorithmic Bias Disruptors, Providers Invest in Health Equity - September 28, 2021
Most Consumers Would Switch to Other Providers for More Trust and Respect Mayo Clinic, Verily Work to Build Better Decision-Support Tools - September 21, 2021
Digital Strategies Stall as Disruptors Advance Blue Shield of California, Walgreens to Partner on Wellness Services - September 14, 2021
Studies Find That Remote Monitoring Advanced Care During Pandemic Primary Care Startup Cityblock Health Wins Over Investors - September 7, 2021
Can Big Tech Truly Disrupt Health Care? Will Dollar Stores Become a Health Care Destination? - August 31, 2021
Alexa, What Is Your Future in Health Care? Google Learns Again: It’s Not Easy to Disrupt Health Care Geisinger’s AI-Enabled Payment Plan Lets Patients Set Their Terms - August 24, 2021
Walmart Leader Shares His Vision of Health Care in 2040 Primary Care at Medicare Rates: One Startup’s Recipe for Expansion - August 17, 2021
3 Things We Learned from the HIMSS Global Conference - August 10, 2021
Telehealth Investment Shifts Signal Market Maturity In Wake of Spinoff, Avera Health Plans to Keep Innovating The Future of Health Care Innovation: Integration - August 3, 2021
Innovative Approaches to Redefining Care Delivery Houston Methodist’s Digital-First Mindset Fuels Transformation - July 27, 2021
Data Pools Get Deeper as AWS, Truveta Help Health Care Mine Insights Innovation Collaborative Targets Robotic Process Automation Primary Care Startup Everside Ready to Grow with IPO - July 20, 2021
Walgreens Begins Executing New Health Care Strategy A Fresh Perspective on Where Telehealth Growth Will Settle - July 13, 2021
Digital Transformation’s Next Wave: Creating a Mirrored World Ochsner Revs Up National Remote Patient Monitoring Plan - July 6, 2021
Will AI Be the Next Frontier in Behavioral Health? Walmart Is Rolling Back Prices . . . This Time on Insulin - June 29, 2021
Building a Better Data Connection: Will Big Tech’s Investments Pay Off? There May Be a Generation Gap in Telehealth’s Future Amazon Launches Accelerator for Digital Health Startups - June 22, 2021
Amazon Care’s Vision: Access to a Clinician in 60 Seconds, In-Person Care within an Hour Micro-Innovation Can Deliver Oversized Results - June 15, 2021
3 Ways to Prepare for Coming Shifts in Care Delivery Sites Hospital-Led Innovation Efforts Produce Results - June 8, 2021
3 Keys to Meet Individuals’ Health and Social Needs Private Equity Firm Raises $1.4 Billion for Hit Investment Fund - June 1, 2021
Can Concierge Care Achieve Its Potential? Anthem-Epic Data-Sharing Plan Could Boost Care Coordination - May 25, 2021
CEOs to Focus Their Innovation Efforts in Five Areas JPMorgan Chase Launches New Unit to Improve Care Quality for Employees Teladoc’s Latest Offering to Integrate Behavioral Health - May 18, 2021
Lessons Learned from the Pandemic: Planning Hospitals of the Future Walmart Expands Virtual Care Footprint by Acquiring MeMD - May 11, 2021
A Look Inside CVS Health’s Latest Moves to Disrupt Care Provider and Payer Joint Venture to Advance Value-Based Care - May 4, 2021
3 Ways to Expand Community, Patient Engagement BCBSA Sets Out to Reduce Racial Disparities in Maternal Health by 50% in the Next Five Years - April 27, 2021
Mass Events Make Vaccines Accessible Blue Cross Blue Shield NC Pilot Programs Address Food Insecurity - April 20, 2021
Study Finds New Commercial AI Devices Often Lack Key Performance Data Many Workers Have Yet to Get Mental Health Care They Need Due to Pandemic - April 13, 2021
2 Ways Cash-Rich Digital Health Startups Will Reshape Care and Wellness MasterCard, Verizon Make Initial Forays into Health Care - April 6, 2021
3 Ways CEOs Can Lead Digital Transformation Advocate Aurora Health Investment Arm Targets Holistic Care - March 30, 2021
3 Things to Know about the Latest Disruptor in Employer-Sponsored Care Providence Spins Out Digital Platform to Boost Access, Improve Patient Experience Humana CMO Evaluates Prospects for Improved Payer-Provider Alignment - March 23, 2021
4 Crisis Management Steps to Reduce Supply Disruption $1B Health Care Startups on the Rise and Getting to Market Faster Study: Housing for Health Program Generates Significant Social Value and ROI - March 16, 2021
Preparing For Behavioral Health’s Future Amazon, Intermountain and Ascension Lead Push to Expand Home-Based Care - March 9, 2021
3 Data-Driven Keys to Address Health Equity Predictive Modeling Could Create Better Sightlines to Forecast Finances - March 2, 2021
Let’s Work Together — A Framework for Public-Private Health Care Collaboration During Crises Take Five: Exploring Walmart’s Consumer-Centered Health Care Approach 14 Health Systems Join Forces to Share and Analyze Patient Data to Improve Care Will Wellness Be King in the New Health Care Economy? - February 23, 2021
Data-Driven Initiative Drives Down Disparities in Rural Health Care When Facing an Unforeseeable Future, Culture Is a Strategic Imperative - February 16, 2021
Hospital-at-Home Gains Momentum with Added Flexibilities, New Entrants Disrupting Behavioral Health: Achieving Greater Access and Equity - February 9, 2021
An Upside-Down Org Chart and Vaccine Warriors — Leading Rural Health in a Pandemic - February 2, 2021
4 Keys to Becoming a Data-driven Organization - January 26, 2021
What It Takes to Create Disproportionate Value in Challenging Times Intermountain, Memorial Hermann, Trinity Take Stake in $300 Million Private Equity Fund - January 19, 2021
A New Era Begins in Connected Health at Home Take Five: Make Room for Transformation and Innovation Conversations - January 12, 2021
COVID-19 Didn’t Stop Health Care Disruptors from Moving Forward - December 22, 2020
How the Health Care Landscape Will Change in 2021 Exploring the Path Forward for Rural Health Care - December 15, 2020
Take the Next Step to Advance Telehealth Innovation A Budding Opportunity to Advance Health Care Innovation for Veterans Cleveland Clinic Algorithms Improve Population Health Outcomes - December 8, 2020
How to Help Clinicians Stay Resilient during COVID-19 How to Better Enable Physicians to Succeed in Telehealth - November 24, 2020
Securing Your Future During Disruption 3 Important Leadership Lessons from COVID-19 Field Hospitals - November 17, 2020
Strategic Planning Imperatives for the Path Forward Intermountain Sells GPO as It Sharpens Focus Virtual Platform Offers Gathering Place to Discuss Pandemic Response - November 10, 2020
Collaboration Drives Community Health Improvements - November 3, 2020
Innovation Efforts Get More Targeted as Budgets Tighten Providers Stockpile, Leverage Tech to Address Potential Supply Shortages AHA’S Navigating a New Reality Conference Sessions Now Available On-Demand - October 27, 2020
Health Care Leaders Brace for Pandemic’s Resurgence Team-Based Care Can Add Value, Improve Outcomes in Pandemic Response - October 20, 2020
Walmart Enters New Phase of Its Health Care Relationship with Consumers Walgreens to Invest $1 Billion in Its Primary Care Strategy - October 13, 2020
The Time to Address Workforce Planning and Resiliency Is Now Economy May Be Down, but Digital Health Investments Boom - October 6, 2020
Will You Be Ready for the Post-COVID-19 Financial World? Patients to Pay More Out of Pocket for Virtual Care Updated AHA COVID-19 Modeling Compendium Includes Recovery Calculators - September 29, 2020
3 Digital Strategic Priorities for the Next Normal $106 Billion in Health Care Spending Could Be Virtual by 2023 AI in Health Care: Leading through Change - September 22, 2020
4 Lessons for Navigating a New Reality Children’s Hospitals, Startups to Create Digital Solutions to Transform Care - September 15, 2020
Innovation Collaborative Delivers Valuable Insights on Evaluating Technology Pandemic Could Trigger Changes in Commercial Health Plans - September 1, 2020
Specialist and Private Practices Take Severe Blow During Pandemic Market Share Up for Grabs as Telehealth Players Look to Go Public - August 25, 2020
Forecasting Shifts in Strategic Priorities amid COVID-19 A Road Map for Maintaining Essential Surgery During the Pandemic - August 18, 2020
3 Considerations for Restarting Surgical Service During the Pandemic - August 11, 2020
Virtual Care’s Post-COVID-19 Future Comes into Focus How Can You Address Increasing Demand for Behavioral Health Services? - August 4, 2020
Hospitals Work to Ensure Patients a Safe Return for Needed Care Pandemic Could Reshape Physician Practice Landscape, Pay Models - July 28, 2020
Health Care Faces Financial Challenges During the Pandemic Intermountain Healthcare CEO Shares Takeaways from COVID-19 ‘Automated Hovering’ App Helps Manage COVID-19 Patients at Home - July 21, 2020
Will Machine Learning Help Health Care and Policymakers Solve the Pandemic? Walgreens and Amazon Step Up Efforts to Disrupt Primary Care - July 14, 2020
How to Check the Pulse of Your Digital Behavioral Health Efforts - July 7, 2020
Leverage These AHA Tools to Enhance Your COVID-19 Response Efforts - June 30, 2020
Is Your Telehealth Program Built for the New Health Care World? | Penn Medicine’s COVID-19 Sprint Innovations Provide Key Lessons - June 23, 2020
Repurposing Knowledge Accelerates Health Care Innovation | New COVID-19 Early-Warning System Will Debut in July | AHA, AVIA Launch Assessment for Behavioral Health Digital Strategy - June 16, 2020
Shared Risk May Be Key to Future Growth Opportunities | COVID-19 Reshapes How Hospitals Will Address Next Pandemic | Pathfinder Tools Provide On-Demand COVID-19 Information - June 9, 2020
Stakeholders Target Health Disparities During Pandemic | Could We See $250 Billion in Care Virtualized? | Digitally Enable an Effective COVID-19 Behavioral Health Strategy - June 2, 2020
Consumer Attitudes Changing on Accessing Care Remotely | Providers Team Up To Expand PPE Production | Business Community Steps Up to Help Providers Respond - March 17, 2020
Hospitals Prepare for Influx of Patients with Coronavirus - March 10, 2020
It May Be Time to Reassess Your Consumer Digital Interface | Alexa Can Now Answer Questions about 1,500 Most-Prescribed Drugs | Dissecting Health Care’s Disruptors - March 3, 2020
Growing List of Competitors Targets Physician Practices - February 25, 2020
Ready to Advance Your Innovation? Check Out the AHA Fund | Snapchat Is Ready to Disrupt the Health Care Conversation - February 18, 2020
Hospitals Make Progress on Value-Based Payment Models | What’s Behind Humana’s Expanding Investments in Senior-Focused Clinics? | Make Behavioral Health More Accessible: Are You Up for the Challenge? - February 11, 2020
Studies: Telemedicine Pays Dividends in Rural Health | Leveraging AI to Provide a Rural ‘Retail Medicine’ Experience - February 4, 2020
Assessing the Changing Face of Strategic Partnerships | Technologies to Fortify Your Supply Chain | CVS Health Upends the Diabetes Drug Market - January 28, 2020
Check Your Blind Spot as You Address Disruptive Changes | Google Cloud Faces Headwinds in Trying to Win Over EHR Companies | Virtual Primary Care Gets a Major Boost from Cigna | How Hospitals Are Paving the Way to the Future - January 21, 2020
Providers Cut Costs, Better Engage Patients | Leaders Come Together with Updates on Health Care Transformation | Payers Push to Slow Disease Progression | Major Tech Deal to Drive Telehealth Integration - January 14, 2020
The Age of Consumer Empowerment Begins in Earnest | Alphabet’s Verily, Walgreens Hire New Clinical Leaders - January 7, 2020
The Story Isn’t Finished but Early Chapters on Disruption Have Been Written - December 17, 2019
Millennials Speak Up About Their Health Care Expectations | Fitbit Forms Its First Partnership with Medicaid Plan | Strength of Partnerships to Determine Walgreens’ Future - December 10, 2019
Tap These AHA Resources to Prepare for Changes in 2020 and Beyond - December 3, 2019
Assessing AI’s Potential for Care Delivery - November 19, 2019
Removing Health Care Inefficiencies One Link at a Time | AHA Digital Pulse Pilot Will Help Hospitals Benchmark Performance - November 12, 2019
Forecast Calls for Extension of Healthy Years | New AHA Tool Helps Frame Problem Solving for Big Challenges | New Market Entrants Haven Healthcare and Fitbit on the Move - November 5, 2019
More Big Market Transformation Moves in Store Next Year | What’s Trending in Digital Health? There’s a Podcast for That. | Future-Proof Your Career: Become an AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellow - October 29, 2019
On-demand Virtual Care Is Rising . . . and So Are Consumer Expectations | AHA and AVIA Form Strategic Alliance to Speed Digital Transformation | Look for CVS to Expand in Chronic Care Management - October 22, 2019
Consumerism, Population Health Drive Demand for Data Sharing and Transparency: Are Providers Ready? | How to Implement a Successful Telebehavioral Health Program - October 15, 2019
Surveying the AI Health Care Landscape | Civica Rx Delivers First Generic Drug | Walmart Looks to Roll Back Costs on Employee Health - October 8, 2019
Amazon’s Customer-first Focus Could Reshape the Pharma Supply Chain | It’s Time to Get Back to the Basics on Social Determinants - October 1, 2019
Innovative Devices Engage Patients in Their Health — at Home and on the Run | Amazon Takes First Step into Virtual Primary Care - September 24, 2019
New AHA Report Demystifies AI and Implementation | Scenario Planning for The AI-Enabled Health System - September 17, 2019
Consumers Buy into Genetic Testing Kits | Set Your Strategy with Help from AHA Annual Survey Database | Need a Deal on MRI or CT Scan? Grab a Coupon - September 10, 2019
Global Digital Health Startup Activity Near All-time High | Fitbit Takes Next Step into Care Management | Need Help with Your Digital Transformation Strategy? - August 27, 2019
Investor Appetite Remains Strong for Digital Health Startups | Gain Insight, Take Action with AHA’s New Data Viz Tool | Machine Learning Project Targets Advances to Improve Patient Care - August 20, 2019
Health System Venture Funds Place Their Bets on Innovation | UCHealth Launches a Real Conversation Starter Using AI - August 13, 2019
The Buzz: 9 Key Takeaways from the AHA Leadership Summit - August 6, 2019
Six Promising Startups Worth Watching | Is It Time to Partner with Retail Pharmacies on Service Expansion? - July 30, 2019
Could Emerging Sensors Revolutionize Wearable Technology? | A Chance to Disrupt the Clinic-based Dialysis Market | Machine Learning Could Speed Drug Development - July 23, 2019
Market Expands for Teaching Value-Based Care Imperatives | To Drive Your Telehealth Strategy, Answer One Simple Question | AI Image Recognition Moves from Radiology to Pathology - July 16, 2019
Mhealth: improving patient engagement | Virtual care gets a boost at NY - July 9, 2019
Fulfilling AI’s promise | AI vs. process automation | Providence St. Joseph buys into innovation - June 25, 2019
Using TV to reach your doctor | App detects behavioral health crises | Impeding innovation - June 18, 2019
Integrating behavioral health | Get your innovation up to scale and up to speed - June 11, 2019
Win the consumerism challenge | 7 steps to organizational well-being - June 4, 2019
Combining wearables, AI | Tap into patients’ social needs in one minute | Protect your IP - May 28, 2019
Optimizing precision care delivery | Plan to disrupt | Digital innovation’s cost - May 21, 2019
Risk-based contract progress slows | Why Amazon bought PillPack | Are you future-ready? - May 14, 2019
3 innovation mistakes leaders make | Put nurses on your innovation team | AI reports go live - May 7, 2019
AI 2020 | Telehealth at heart of new Humana plan | 6 startups for inaugural accelerator class
Article Archive
May 24, 2022
Health care leaders will gather at the AHA Leadership Summit July 17-19 in San Diego to share transformational strategies and innovative approaches for delivering better care and greater value while gaining insights from companies at the forefront of practical and tactical innovations for health systems.
May 24, 2022
Virginia-based Inova Fairfax Hospital developed an innovative approach to address these issues by implementing what it calls Provider-Only Patient (POP) protocols for patients suspected of having COVID-19.
May 24, 2022
Humana recently said it plans to open about 100 new primary care clinics in a second joint venture with the private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS).
May 17, 2022
Four leaders of clinical transformation, innovation and marketing from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) and Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School recently shared a blueprint in the Harvard Business Review.
May 17, 2022
A new study indicates that social factors, when built into sepsis readmission models, can help predict which patients are at risk of an unplanned readmission within 30 days.
May 10, 2022
Front-line staffing shortages and fallout from the pandemic have caused hospitals and health systems to adjust their workforce strategies.
May 10, 2022
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to identify left ventricular dysfunction (i.e., a weak heart pump) in most patients based on Apple Watch electrocardiogram data.
May 10, 2022
Health care is under attack as never before from cybercriminals, and the stakes are rising for hospitals and patient safety. The latest potential threat: The FBI warns that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could impact others beyond the region, including the U.S.
May 3, 2022
Like many health systems, University of Utah Health has been focused on the best ways to treat patients with multiple risks that include physical, psychiatric and substance-use disorders. Taking an intensive integrated approach to primary and behavioral health care has enabled the system to improve outcomes and reduce costs.
May 3, 2022
NexHealth, a patient-engagement startup, announced that it secured $125 million in funding for its digital platform.
Resources
Behavioral Health Integration
Framework for hospitals and health systems to shift focus to overall health and bring together behavioral and physical health services into a fully integrated system of care.
Evolving Care Models
Framework for hospitals and health systems to assess their current capabilities to determine the best type of value-based care for the organization.
Telehealth Strategy
Tools for hospitals and health systems to assess their digital transformation strategy and expand telehealth services into integrated virtual care models.