Innovation
Disruption is taking hold of health care, with major pharmacy chains, payers, technology companies and others making their presence felt. A new AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Insights report 鈥淒isruption in Health Care鈥 examines some of the key moves by Amazon, Apple, CVS Health/Aetna,鈥
America鈥檚 health care providers are no strangers to challenges. Time and again, we have overcome complex, difficult and daunting situations by using innovative approaches that have vastly improved patients鈥 lives.
Spurring innovation has become a cornerstone of the AHA鈥檚 efforts to support hospitals and health systems as they continue transforming care delivery. And now the AHA has gone a step further by working with its members to launch the AHA Innovation Development Fund LP, or 鈥淎HA Fund,鈥 a $50 million鈥
On this podcast, Jay Bhatt, D.O., AHA senior vice president and chief medical officer, and Andy Shin, chief operating officer of the AHA Center for Health Innovation, discuss major trends for 2020 and beyond as health care organizations build teams to advance clinical care and drive innovation.
In this podcast, Jay Bhatt, AHA chief medical officer, and Andy Shin, chief operating officer of the AHA Center for Health Innovation, discuss major trends for 2020 and beyond as health care organizations build teams to advance clinical care and drive innovation.
Researchers and others may apply through April 6 to participate in a $175,000 competition to develop innovative digital solutions to help manage the transition from inpatient hospital care to home, especially for patients with multiple chronic conditions, low health literacy or limited English鈥
Health care can borrow from the startup playbook, embrace new mindsets and leverage the ingenuity and compassion that define our field鈥檚 connection to purpose, writes Andy Shin, chief operating officer for the AHA Center for Health Innovation.
The latest national 鈥淔uturescan鈥 survey of health care executives found that 18% of respondents already have entered into at least three vertical partnerships with organizations in areas such as insurers and pharmaceutical companies, and another 63% are somewhat or very likely to do so within the鈥
Transforming health care to become more consumer-centered, less expensive and more innovative in where and how care is delivered has proven to be more challenging than many hospital and health system leaders envisioned. What鈥檚 more, many CEOs expect the pace of change to keep accelerating even as鈥
Maryjane Wurth, AHA executive vice president and chief operating officer, shares strategies and insights gleaned from last week鈥檚 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.