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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Digital health funding in Q3 surpassed the record-setting second quarter this year and totaled $9.4 billion, the venture capital firm Rock Health reports. The sector鈥檚 influx of capital is being fueled in large part by rising consumer demand for access to remote care and health care providers鈥欌
Hospitals and health systems can expect sharp declines in commercially insured patients due to job losses in the pandemic economy, which likely will fuel a rise in Medicaid, exchange and uninsured patients. To a large extent, how effectively and aggressively provider organizations are able to鈥
Some health insurance reimbursement changes that helped fuel virtual care鈥檚 rapid rise during the early months of the pandemic are being eliminated. Health insurance giants UnitedHealthcare and Anthem are revising their telehealth reimbursement rules in ways that will increase patients鈥 out-of-鈥
Want to know how long it will take to clear the backlog of postponed surgical procedures due to ordered shutdowns during the pandemic? A newly revised AHA resource, 鈥淐OVID-19 Tools: Forecasting the Pandemic鈥檚 Spread and Planning for Recovery,鈥 includes links to two new online calculators to do just鈥
A recent report, 鈥淛ourney Toward the Next Normal,鈥 from the Providence Digital Innovation Group provides some answers and examines the role that technology and digital health will play in achieving this transformation.
The pandemic has fueled a huge spike in telehealth services this year and the growth is just beginning, according to the 2020 State of Telemedicine Report from Doximity, the nation鈥檚 largest physician network.
To help you understand how AI is meeting today鈥檚 challenges and shaping the health care field鈥檚 work, the 黑料正能量 Association and Microsoft have teamed up to offer a unique free course, 鈥淎I in Health Care: Leading Through Change.鈥
Strategy and innovation leaders from hospitals and health systems across the country recently came together to share lessons learned and plans for the future as the field moves from response through recovery and on to rebuilding. The virtual 鈥淣avigating a New Reality鈥 program Sept. 14-16 from the鈥
The recently created KidsX Accelerator program will bring together 32 pediatric hospitals from across the globe to partner with digital health startup companies to meet the unique needs of pediatric patients and their families.
Experts from the AHA Center for Health Innovation鈥檚 Innovation Collaborative, a cohort of leading organizations that convene regularly to share best practices and solve common challenges, recently shared the following insights on how they approach technology evaluation.