AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan
AHA Center for Health Innovation’s Market Scan articles provide insights and analysis on the field’s latest developments in health care disruption, transformation and innovation.
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It a time when groceries, taxis and other goods and services are just a smartphone touch away from showing up at consumers’ doorsteps, America’s on-demand economy is booming. And health care services are a big part of that growth. An ever-widening array of companies now provide on-demand services…
Partnerships among various stakeholders in the health care ecosystem will be key to successfully engaging patients in population health models, explained panelists at the recent 2019 MIT Sloan Healthcare & BioInnovations Conference in Boston. Providers who are responsible for managing health…
Walmart customers love a bargain. Now the company is hoping its employees will feel the same way about virtual care visits. The Denver Post reports the retail giant rolled back prices on telemedicine visits earlier this year from $40 to $4 for the 1 million people enrolled in its Associates’…
While hospitals and health systems are exploring virtual care models as part of their overall transformation strategy to improve access and value and reduce costs, wide variation exists in their tactics, rates of adoption and maturity levels in leveraging telehealth technology. These are some of…
Google and its Alphabet and Verily units that are targeting health care certainly aren’t thinking small. Here are several ambitious health care projects that the companies are undertaking, based on a recent CNBC report.
The genetic testing startup 23andMe is making progress in creating new drugs. A recent report in Business Insider notes that the company now has 13 drug candidates in its pipeline.
As many first-generation unicorn startups have matured and prepare to go public, the second wave of innovators is largely concentrating on software and digital solutions for such industries as farming, banking and health care. Many second-generation startups are growing fast for several reasons.
With ever-increasing frequency, virtual assistant devices are finding their way into patient care. A recent report in STAT explains ways hospitals are finding new uses for these devices manufactured by Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and others in areas like intensive care units and surgical…
It can be difficult to find creative ways to optimize the time of psychiatrists and other caregivers who treat mental health patients. Likewise, finding better ways to integrate behavioral health and primary care to improve patient access and outcomes can be challenging. Montefiore Health System in…
Google has applied for a wide-ranging patent for a deep learning system that aggregates electronic health record data into a timeline that can be used to predict potential adverse events.