Innovation
The AHA and the West Health Institute today announced a new three-year initiative to help hospitals and health systems operationalize and scale proven technologies across care environments to improve patient outcomes and support care teams.
The Food and Drug Administration April 28 announced its plan to advance the implementation of real-time clinical trials, which invite participants to supply reports and data to the agency during the approved clinical trials rather than at completion.
Renowned speakers from across health care will provide in-depth guidance and actionable strategies focusing on the ideas, innovations and connections that will drive transformative change at the AHA Leadership Summit.
“This was never about technology,” said Muhammad Siddiqui.
That sounds like a strange way to describe the project that made Reid Health one of the finalists for the 2026 AHA Rural Hospital Excellence in Innovation Award.
When 14-year-old Vermont student-athlete Kian started developing migraines so severe that it was difficult to stand upright, an MRI revealed a serious diagnosis: He had an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a rare and dangerous tangle of blood vessels in the brain that can bleed and cause seizures…
The AHA today announced that it will present Harsh K. Trivedi, M.D., president and CEO of Sheppard Pratt health system in Baltimore, with the 2026 Justin Ford Kimball Innovators Award during a ceremony April 20 at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Oklahoma Children’s Hospital at OU Health has performed the state’s first targeted chemotherapy for a rare pediatric eye cancer, marking an advancement in care for children diagnosed with retinoblastoma.
The University of Kansas Health System, the University of Kansas Medical Center, Children’s Mercy and BAMF Health announced in February 2026 their collaboration on a new fully integrated theranostics research and treatment center — one of the first of its kind in the nation.
Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, La. is widening its maternal health innovation through a new partnership that is bringing the Oli wearable sensor device into clinical use as part of an international research study.
In this conversation, Phillip Chang, M.D., chief medical officer of CommonSpirit Health, shares insights on measuring data and quality, leading clinicians through change and building a more patient-centered future.