Innovation Disruptors
CVS Health and Walgreens recently launched clinical trials businesses with an eye toward reducing research costs and making it easier for historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to participate in drug and medical device studies.
In analyzing the current state of transformation, leaders from health systems, insurers, digital health companies and others at Modern Healthcare鈥檚 recent Transformation Summit shared the insights about how providers can capitalize on their strengths and shore up areas for improvement to better鈥
Health care leaders will gather at the AHA Leadership Summit July 17-19 in San Diego to share transformational strategies and innovative approaches for delivering better care and greater value while gaining insights from companies at the forefront of practical and tactical innovations for health鈥
Over the past couple of months, interesting news and insights have surfaced from Walmart and Amazon executives about their strategies and execution goals.
A record $37.9 billion poured into the U.S. digital health market in 2021, according to CB Insights鈥 recent 鈥淪tate of Digital Health鈥 report. A large share of that money helped fund startups focusing on telehealth, mental health and wellness, and digital therapeutics.
If 2021 will be remembered as the great expansion of retail health care, 2022 is likely to be defined as the year of disruptor differentiation.
Fund managers now target companies addressing health equity with solutions aimed at increasing access and improving outcomes for historically underserved and marginalized communities. Some are assessing the diversity of fund managers and allocating a percentage of funds to companies owned by Blacks鈥
COVID-19鈥檚 reset of the U.S. economy will reverberate well beyond the pandemic. For health care executives, the critical question is to what extent the business model and nature of competition in care delivery may change.
Disrupting employer-sponsored health care can be like trying to devour an elephant. Where does one begin? Investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase has been wrestling with this issue since it launched Morgan Health four months ago as a follow-up to its failed Haven venture with Berkshire Hathaway and鈥
Amazon Web Services has had relationships with thousands of health care startups. On Oct. 28, however, the culmination of AWS鈥 Healthcare Accelerator launch will give 10 recently selected startups an unprecedented experience.