AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan
AHA Center for Health Innovation鈥檚 Market Scan articles provide insights and analysis on the field鈥檚 latest developments in health care disruption, transformation and innovation.
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Building and leading a culture of innovation is no easy task. But, in a time of disruption and transformation, it鈥檚 a critical activity for health care leaders. They undoubtedly will face challenges along the way, but they can avoid these three common mistakes, which were shared in a recent AHA鈥
Nurses regularly tackle clinical and operational challenges in innovative ways as they go about ensuring the best care for their patients. But, often the impact of their innovations are limited to the patients they care for directly. Not including nurses in enterprisewide innovation initiatives is鈥
Hardin Memorial Health in Elizabethtown, Ky., has become the first health system to implement IBM Watson Health Imaging鈥檚 artificial intelligence-powered software, Patient Synopsis. The program, trained by radiologists, integrates with and draws information from a health system鈥檚 existing platforms鈥
Sixty faculty members from Partners HealthCare 鈥 the Boston-based system that has been at the forefront of exploring artificial intelligence 鈥 recently identified 12 emerging AI technologies with the greatest potential to impact health care as soon as next year. The team identified its 鈥淒isruptive鈥
While many health plans offer virtual care services, these services typically have suffered from low utilization. By making virtual care the centerpiece of this plan design, Humana hopes to drive up usage while driving down costs.
Hoping to give a boost to startups with innovative medical technologies that show promise for improving patient care, Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University have selected six firms for their inaugural MedTech Accelerator program.
Many hospitals and health systems are grappling with how to evolve their care delivery models, and which payment models can support their transformation goals. A newly released AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Insights report 鈥 Evolving Care Models 鈥 explores the rapidly changing dynamics in鈥
Humana鈥檚 鈥淏old Goal鈥 of improving the health of seniors through better management of populations in seven U.S. cities is showing promising results, according to a recent report from the health insurer. Medicare Advantage members living in the company鈥檚 original seven Bold Goal communities have seen鈥
Major transformational shifts in health care have made it difficult to visualize the path to future success. And building out an effective strategy 鈥 in which advancing innovation, making savvy technology investments and forging sound partnerships are givens 鈥 can be fraught with complexity,鈥
With ever-increasing frequency, academic and nonprofit health systems are opting to take part in externally run venture capital funds to test new technologies from outside startups over developing homegrown intellectual property.