AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan
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Teladoc has begun offering access to some of its general medical telehealth services through Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant and Echo devices. Under the partnership, consumers can now give the command “Alexa, I want to talk to a doctor” at any time of the day and they will be routed to a Teladoc…
Here are the top medical innovations the Cleveland Clinic sees for 2022, including next-gen of mRNA vaccinology, PSMA-targeted therapy for prostate cancer, novel drug treatment for type 2 diabetes, and artificial intelligence (AI) for early sepsis detection.
Learn how virtual reality is making its way into healthcare, offering innovative solutions for surgical training, chronic pain management, and cognitive rehabilitation.
Health care organizations reported new levels of use in patient portals, online health information gathering and mobile apps in the 2021 Most Wired Survey conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).
The Hippocratic oath has provided an ethical guide for physicians for centuries. Updating language about patient privacy to include data privacy and acknowledging the transformative impact medical technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics have in providing care could help younger…
For the first time in nearly two decades, staffing shortages replaced financial challenges as the top concern among CEOs in the American College of Healthcare Executives’ annual survey. In December, a Moody’s Investors Service report forecast that staffing shortages and labor costs will bring…
Pilot programs in America and Europe are examining the value of employing a mix of in-person and telehealth services in settings outside of hospitals, and recently published Mayo Clinic research indicates many patients prefer the hybrid approach. One such program is Mayo’s Care Hotel.
Service lines continue to be interrupted by COVID-19, with no end in sight. The health care workforce is stressed out and stretched thinly amid the so-called Great Resignation wave. Care delivery increasingly is being moved from hospitals to outpatient facilities and the home, thanks in part to an…
Walmart recently partnered with Health at Scale, a company that uses predictive artificial intelligence to direct patients to providers who match their specific health needs.
A record $37.9 billion poured into the U.S. digital health market in 2021, according to CB Insights’ recent “State of Digital Health” report. A large share of that money helped fund startups focusing on telehealth, mental health and wellness, and digital therapeutics.