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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As digital health technologies enable changes in how and where care is delivered, hospitals and health systems must evaluate their strategic direction. A new AHA Center for Health Innovation report 鈥 鈥淒igital Transformation: Anywhere Care鈥 鈥 offers insights and analysis about the three shifts made鈥
Much was riding on the late July initial public offering by California-based Livongo Health 鈥 both for the company, which helps patients manage chronic diseases, as well as other digital health startups trying to assess investor appetite for the sector. By market close on the first day of public鈥
In a move to speed the progress of medical research and help translate those advances into areas like cancer diagnostics, medical imaging, precision medicine and voice-enabled technologies, the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance is teaming with Amazon Web Services on a machine learning partnership.
With ever-increasing frequency, hospitals and health systems are establishing or expanding venture funds in search of the next startup that could revolutionize health care. Consider some recent transactions.
Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth has deployed Avaamo鈥檚 conversational artificial intelligence platform to create a virtual assistant called Livi that will enable users to ask for information about health conditions and hospital services using smart speakers like Amazon鈥檚 Alexa.
Health care鈥檚 thought leaders, innovators and doers recently convened at the AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego. They explored innovation processes and transformational strategies to better engage patients, and deliver greater value through operational excellence and new care delivery models. Learn鈥
At the Summit鈥檚 inaugural Startup Competition, attendees met and judged six finalist teams chosen for their practical and tactical solutions from applications submitted by more than 50 organizations. Members of each team discussed the problem they were trying to solve, how their solution worked and鈥
It鈥檚 getting tougher to find a retail pharmacy chain that isn鈥檛 expanding deeper into providing web-driven digital health care services. Rite Aid became the latest, saying it will launch telehealth kiosks with InTouch Health鈥檚 virtual care platform at 25 of Rite Aid鈥檚 East Coast RediClinic Express鈥
Writing recently in the research journal Nature, two experts from Northwestern University鈥檚 bio-integrated electronics department and the director of a Chicago based research lab, noted that millions of early versions of sensors, computers and transmitters woven into flexible films, patches,鈥
In a move that eventually could disrupt the dialysis market, CVS Health recently began a trial for its HemoCare device to determine whether it is more convenient and effective than clinic-based treatment. HemoCare uses an artificial kidney device to simplify dialysis for home-based patients.