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For CEOs and health system C-suite leaders, the implications of the digital divide of predictive artificial intelligence (AI) are twofold: Competitive pressure is rising and inequities in care and operations may deepen unless addressed.
A new AHA Trailblazers report, “Buy or Build? Solving the Nursing Shortage,” explores how hospitals partnering with workforce education companies are creating reliable, sustainable nursing pipelines and cutting their dependency on contract labor.
There has been a flurry of activity in technology partnerships designed to streamline administrative processes, advance value-based care models and other tools to improve operations.
Verily, the 10-year-old Alphabet subsidiary, recently launched a consumer-facing app that will be marketed as a free way for anyone to obtain certain care recommendations from Verily’s partner clinicians based on users’ existing medical records.
A recent CB Insights report, “AI in Clinical Development: Scouting Reports,” provides overviews on more than 70 companies targeting clinical development workflows.
Cleveland Clinic is forming a strategic partnership with Silicon Valley health tech investor Khosla Ventures that will further the health system’s aims in funding tech startups and creating partnerships to advance care.
AHA's Telling the Hospital Story website shares great examples of how health care organizations are meeting community nutritional needs, improving nurse retention, meeting the unique care needs of children and much more.
The recent news that Qualtrics was buying Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75 billion has been seen as a landmark event in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) platforms to streamline patient feedback data analytics so they can be leveraged in real time to improve services.
Amazon’s One Medical primary care offering and the Cleveland Clinic recently stated that they will open their first joint primary care location later this month in Avon, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb.
Absent commercial health insurance companies fulfilling a recent promise to reform their prior authorization (PA) and claims-paying behaviors, what can hospitals and health systems do to combat increasing claim denials and their growing threat to clinical and financial sustainability?

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.