AHA Center for Health Innovation
In another example of how hospitals and health systems can broaden the scope of their virtual care programs, Intermountain Healthcare is expanding its well-established Homecare & Hospice program to include home-based primary care and some traditional services.
After six years of development and supported with private-equity funding, OnMed, a health technology company, has launched a telemedicine kiosk that can dispense medications as the patient consults with a physician remotely. The HIPAA-compliant OnMed Station can be set up almost anywhere, according…
This how-to guide outline strategies, interventions, tools and resources for implementing telebehavioral health services, whether hospitals and health systems are starting a program or strengthening an existing one.
Last week, more than 70,000 people descended on Austin, Texas, to experience the SXSW festival. The AHA participated in a number of sessions as part of the SXSW Interactive Festival’s Health and MedTech track, sharing how hospitals and health systems are transforming to advance health in their…
Don’t miss the AHA Leadership Summit July 25-27 in San Diego. On the first day of the conference, the AHA Center for Health Innovation will present six leading solutions in the inaugural Leadership Summit Startup Competition. The startups will be selected by their ability to quantify savings or…
Building on its track record of medical innovation, the Cleveland Clinic is creating a new center for artificial intelligence designed to further collaboration and communication among physicians, researchers and data scientists. Healthcare IT News reports that the Center for Artificial Intelligence…
Amazon Web Services is working with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to test ways that artificial intelligence can simplify medical care. Bloomberg reports that Amazon recently gave the Harvard Medical School teaching hospital a grant of up to $2 million to experiment with machine learning and…
Virtual care has the potential to increase access, reduce costs and help patients make better decisions about their care as symptoms arise. Fulfilling these lofty goals may be a work in progress, but evolving telemedicine platforms are attempting to solve some of health care’s perplexing problems…
Looking for ways to increase the speed and scale of innovation efforts in your hospital or health system? Embracing innovation starts with building a culture that is nimble and accepts and encourages calculated risk. That’s why the AHA has partnered with The University of Chicago Booth School of…
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust, now part of the AHA Center for Health Innovation, recently received the Robert L. Wears Patient Safety Leadership Award.