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June 17, 2025
4 Keys to a Successful Post-merger Health System Integration CVS Health’s Next Big Goal: Solve Interoperability -
June 10, 2025
5 Ways to Equip Your CHRO for Success Violence Costs Hospitals a Staggering $18 Billion in 2023: AHA Report -
June 3, 2025
3 Health Care Takeaways from Google I/O 2025 Why Rural Hospitals May Have Some Advantages to Drive Tech Innovation -
May 27, 2025
Where Are Amazon, CVS and Walgreens Headed in Health Care? Digital Health Funding Surges in Q1, with AI Leading the Way -
May 20, 2025
3 Ways to Engage Today’s Health Consumers Can a Selfie Really Estimate One's Age and Predict Cancer Outcomes? -
May 13, 2025
Exploring the Benefits of Pediatric Mental Health Urgent Care Centers How One Health System Is Partnering to Help Patients Slim Down -
May 6, 2025
4 Critical Steps to Scale Generative AI Ohio Rural Hospitals Form Clinically Integrated Network -
April 29, 2025
4 Key Takeaways on Evolving Nurse Care Models AI Advances to Reduce Burden on Nurses Get a Fresh Look -
April 22, 2025
How to Unleash the Power of Health-Related Social Needs Data Rapidly Advancing Multiagent AI Apps Could Reshape Operations Efficiency -
April 15, 2025
3 Ways AI Could Aid Behavioral Health Screenings The Future of Hospital Data Could Be as Simple as Asking a Question -
April 8, 2025
The Reimagined CEO: Leading Health Care into Its Next Era The FDA Clears Apple Watch-Powered Platform for Seizure Monitoring -
April 1, 2025
Innovative Rural Hospitals Think Beyond Tradition to Improve Access to Care -
March 25, 2025
Top 4 Takeaways from New AHA Safety Insights Report Generative AI Market in Health Care Gains Momentum -
March 18, 2025
Walgreens’ Move to Go Private: 4 Key Takeaways Rural Hospitals Move to Enhance Cybersecurity -
March 11, 2025
4 Steps to Improve Medical Device Recall Tracking 3 Takeaways from Cleveland Clinic’s AI Scribe Pilot Process and System Selection -
March 4, 2025
3 Ways Robotic Surgery Is Changing Health Care This Year Emory Healthcare Network Partnership Builds New Paths to Access -
February 25, 2025
3 Takeaways about Apple’s New Mental and Physical Health Study RFID Solutions Attract Attention for Medication Inventory Management -
February 18, 2025
3 Ways Food Is Medicine Network Will Drive Change 4 Signs That This Might Be a Stronger Year for Digital Health Funding -
February 11, 2025
Early Disease Detection: 3 Tech Trends to Watch Advocate Health Pulls Out of Walgreens Clinic Locations in Illinois and Wisconsin -
February 4, 2025
‘Living Intelligence’ — Why It’s Time to Look Beyond AI in Health Care UCSF and Sutter Health Ink Tech Innovation Partnerships with GE HealthCare -
January 28, 2025
3 Top Takeaways from Health Care 2025 Forecasts How to Unlock Your Health Care Team’s Potential -
January 21, 2025
4 Takeaways from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference How to Engage Clinicians in Your Technology Strategies -
January 14, 2025
How to Build and Implement Your AI Health Care Action Plan Champion Future Leaders: 2025 AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship -
December 17, 2024
Reader's Choice: Our 10 Most Popular Market Scan Articles in 2024 - December 10, 2024 Assessing the Health Care Environment for 2025 Register Now for the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference
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November 26, 2024
3 Ways to Reimagine Care Delivery to Support Your Workforce New Collaborative Will Publicly Rank Top Health Care AI Applications -
November 19, 2024
Mobilizing Data for Operational Efficiency in Health Care: A Path Forward Navigating the Rising Tide of Violence in Health Care Environments Providence and Compassus Partner to Launch Home Health Care Joint Venture -
November 12, 2024
How Health Care Is Evolving to Improve the Patient Experience CVS MinuteClinics Introduce Primary Care in Select Markets -
November 5, 2024
Walgreens, CVS and Walmart Scale Back on Health Care amid Financial Strain Takeda and Boston Medical Center Partner to Cut Health Care Emissions -
October 29, 2024
Is Your Hospital's Operating Model Built for the Future? Cleveland Clinic and Amazon One Medical Partner to Expand Primary Care -
October 22, 2024
4 Keys to Manage Third-Party Cybersecurity Risk 4 Things to Know about Microsoft’s New AI Tools for Health Care How to Manage the Health Care Workforce with AI -
October 15, 2024
Are AI Chatbots Ready to Aid in Clinical Decision-Making? 4 Health Systems Team Up to Tackle Drug Development, Care Coordination and Billing -
October 8, 2024
Top Priority — 3 Health Care Emergency Preparedness Tips 4 Takeaways from Consumer Survey on Telehealth Satisfaction -
October 1, 2024
4 Ways AI Is Accelerating Care Delivery Innovation Providers Boost Cybersecurity Spending in Wake of Change Healthcare Breach -
September 24, 2024
How to Strengthen Your Nurse Retention Strategy Two Health System AI Pilots Detail Results in Note-Taking and Chart Reviews -
September 17, 2024
Top 4 Health Care AI Investment Trends to Watch Key Insights on Health Care's Top Consulting Needs -
September 10, 2024
5 Health Care Workforce Shortage Takeaways for 2028 -
August 27, 2024
4 Leaders in Improving Quality Care How to Navigate the Health Care Cybersecurity Storm -
August 20, 2024
What to Make of the Seismic Shifts in Retail Health Care UH Scales AI Deployment to Quickly Spot Serious Conditions -
August 13, 2024
4 Ways to Prep for Where Health Care Will Be Delivered in 2035 Will One Medical Change after Losing Google Contract? -
August 6, 2024
Boston Medical Center’s 5 Steps to Better Community Health What’s Behind the Humana-Walmart Lease Deal to Provide Primary Care to Seniors? -
July 30, 2024
5 Innovative Solutions from AHA’s Leadership Summit Insights from AHA’s Quality Collective
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July 16, 2024
4 Steps to Deliver Real-Time Health Data at the Point of Care Work Remains, but Physician Burnout Rates Are Coming Down -
July 2, 2024
4 Takeaways on Coming Shift in Health Services Demand Type 2 Diabetes Patients Can Benefit from AI-Powered Nudges: Report -
June 25, 2024
5 Innovative Efforts to Improve Community Health Advance Your Innovation Strategy at the AHA Leadership Summit When Disaster Strikes: How to Maintain Continuity of Care -
June 18, 2024
3 Keys to Tampa General Hospital’s Patient Experience Makeover 4 Ways to Get Tech Priorities and Investment Resources to Align -
June 11, 2024
4 Things That Health Consumers Want Now Can Spatial Computing Transform Care Delivery? -
June 4, 2024
3 Ways AI Can Improve Revenue-Cycle Management Can Elon Musk Disrupt Health Care’s Booming AI Field? -
May 28, 2024
3 Keys for Hospitals to Achieve Sustainable Financial Stability Survey: Without a Top-Notch Consumer Experience, Expect Patient Flight -
May 21, 2024
3 Ways GLP-1 Drugs Could Impact Your Hospital’s Future Revolutionizing Revenue-Cycle Management Efficiency with AI -
May 14, 2024
Will AI Help Address Our Behavioral Health Crisis? 3 Companies Hope to Advance Health Research in a Quantum Leap -
May 7, 2024
The Disruptors Are Getting Disrupted — 5 Takeaways How to Leverage AI Responsibly to Reinvent Health Care -
April 30, 2024
4 Ways to Make Nurse Managers More Impactful Rural Hospital Reduces No-Shows with a Boost in Patient Engagement -
April 23, 2024
3 Ways to Strengthen Food Is Medicine Initiatives Can Hospitals Create Better Digital Health Startups? -
April 16, 2024
Closing the Loop on Patient Feedback: Lessons from CVS Health UPMC’s App to Lower Post-Surgery Readmission Rates Is a Pip -
April 9, 2024
Providers Betting Big on Future of Hospital at Home Walgreens Shutters 160 VillageMD Clinics after $6 Billion Loss -
April 2, 2024
Payer Denial Tactics — How to Confront a $20 Billion Problem Do Digital Diabetes Management Tools Deliver Intended Value? -
March 26, 2024
4 Ways to Drive Transformational Change in Sustainability Workforce Shortages and Violence Are Rising Concerns in State of Nursing Poll -
March 19, 2024
HIMSS24: Health Care AI Guardrails Get a Boost while Cloud-Based Apps Soar Virtual Care Platform Wheel Expands Its Services, Focusing on Convenience -
March 12, 2024
4 Insights into Walgreens’ Health Strategy Review Nebraska Medicine Targets Earlier Diabetic Retinopathy Detection with AI -
March 5, 2024
4 Near-Term AI Predictions from ViVE Guthrie Clinic Adds Virtual Care Hub to Address Nursing Shortage, Boost Patient Access and Safety -
February 27, 2024
3 Societal Shifts That Will Reshape Health Care by 2035 How to Respond to the Great Digital Disruption -
February 20, 2024
Special Report: How Health Care Disruptors will Transform the Field in 2024 3 Ways to Navigate New Rural Health Partnerships in the Digital Frontier -
February 13, 2024
3 Generative AI Blind Spots Health Execs Need to Recognize Atrium Health Extends Reach with Virtual Care to Improve Health and Elevate Hope -
February 6, 2024
4 Steps to Diversify Your Workforce What Physicians and Nurses Want Execs to Do about the Burnout Problem -
January 30, 2024
4 High-Tech Approaches That Could Mitigate Suicide Risks Employers Will Be Focusing on These 3 Health Care Strategy Areas. Are You Ready? -
January 23, 2024
4 Takeaways on General Catalyst’s Plan to Acquire Summa Health Streamlining Health Care Supply Chain Operations as Systems Grow 7 Innovative Devices from CES 2024 Could Reshape Patient Self-Care -
January 16, 2024
Takeaways from 3 Big Disruptors at JPM Healthcare 2024 5 Ways Hospitals Can Integrate AI and Automation into Surgical Care -
January 9, 2024
4 Ways to Address Top 2024 Challenges -
December 19, 2023
4 Ways to Build Your Talent Pipeline Grapefruit Health Targets a New Way to Address the Field’s Workforce Shortage -
December 12, 2023
3 Key Focus Areas to Explore in 2024 Cost-Plus Drug Pricing Models Gain Momentum, but Will They Last? - December 5, 2023
3 Firms Level the Playing Field in Health Equity Investing How to Improve Shared Decision-Making and Informed Consent New Research Report Identifies Ways to Drive More Equitable Care - November 21, 2023
4 Ways Updating Workforce Models Can Deliver Big Results Explore Reinvention to Build a Future-Ready Workforce Amazon’s One Medical Ramps Up Its Expansion in Primary Care - November 14, 2023
Find the Sweet Spot Now in Growth Equity Investing 4 Ways New High-Tech Valley Health Facility Will Redefine Patient Experience AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference to Explore Innovative Approaches to Transform Care - November 7, 2023
VHA Shark Tank Competition Generates Innovative Health Care Solutions Cedars-Sinai Develops Algorithm to Detect AFib in Symptomless Patients Success Stories in Driving Quality and Safety Improvement - October 31, 2023
4 Ways Wellstar Health Is Funding Collaborative Innovation What’s Keeping Your Informatics Leaders Up at Night? - October 24, 2023
3 Ways to Strengthen Physical and Behavioral Health Integration Women’s Health Startup Tia Makes an Impact Treating ‘Medical Orphans’ How to Drive Sustainable Growth by Prioritizing Investments - October 17, 2023
6 Keys to Innovation Investing Success 3 Takeaways from the HLTH Conference - October 10, 2023
3 Takeaways from General Catalyst’s Health Transformation Spinoff How to Prevent a High-Impact CyberattackImplementing a Proven Road Map to Drive Sustainable Growth - October 3, 2023
How Hospital Food Can Fuel Sustainability Efforts Tampa General Hospital Implements Virtual Hospital Platform - September 26, 2023
6 Ways to Build a Rewards Strategy to Retain Nurse Managers How to Optimize Sustainability Performance - September 19, 2023
Will Walgreens, Walmart Value-based Care Plays Pay Off? How Artificial Intelligence Can Support Precision Heart Care - September 12, 2023
A Private-equity Primer for Health Care Organizations 3 Takeaways from Physician Compensation Trends Why Community Colleges Can Be a Powerful Resource to Strengthen the Clinical Workforce Pipeline - September 5, 2023
Virtual Multidisciplinary Rounds Cut Length of Stay, Costs ChatGPT’s Performance Found Lacking on Cancer Treatment Recommendations - August 29, 2023
Will Blue Shield’s New Pharma Model Disrupt the PBM Market? How Artificial Intelligence Can Support Precision Heart Care - August 22, 2023
5 Insights from the AHA Leadership Summit Digital Health Funding May Be Down, but AI Still Draws Interest from Investors - August 15, 2023
3 Innovative Ways Providers Are Tackling Great Challenges - August 8, 2023
General Catalyst’s 4 Priorities for Health Care Learn Proven Strategies to Navigate Today’s Nursing Workforce - August 1, 2023
Meet 6 Startups That Could Transform Care Has the Time Come for a Medical Waste Audit at Your Organization? - July 25, 2023
4 Keys to Main Line Health’s Quality and Equity Success Northwell Health Digs Deep on Quality of Care and Health Disparities - July 18, 2023
How to Achieve Digital Health Success 5 Things Gen Z Health Care Workers Want - July 11, 2023
4 Principles to Guide Your Digital Health Strategy Optum Rounds Out Its Home Health Portfolio as Competition Heats Up - June 27, 2023
4 Takeaways from Aspen Ideas: Health Conference CVS Health Makes Aggressive Primary Care Moves; Are More on the Way? - June 20, 2023
Understanding the Keys to Successful Innovation Investing Analyzing AI’s Explosive Growth and Where Patents Are Concentrated Penn Medicine Study Crunches Big Numbers to Document Telemedicine Savings - June 13, 2023
4 Keys to Accelerate Health Equity Verizon Accelerator Program Targets 7 Startups Addressing Health Equity - June 6, 2023
4 Keys to Executing Generative AI High-Performing Supply Chain Leaders to Share Insights on Improving Resiliency - May 30, 2023
Retail Clinics Target Chronic Diseases AHA Leadership Summit: Don’t Miss These Sessions on Innovation, Disruption and Workforce - May 23, 2023
4 Home Care Technologies to Prioritize Amazon, CVS Health Follow Their Learn-Fast, Fail-Fast Models - May 16, 2023
3 Advances That Could Change Patient Care HCA Invests Heavily Again in Nurse Education and Training - May 9, 2023
How AI Is Improving Diagnostics, Decision-Making and Care Innovative Nurse Residency Program Aims to Reduce Nurse Turnover - May 2, 2023
3 Keys to Addressing the Rural Maternal Health Crisis Retail Primary Care Competition Heats Up in Connecticut - April 25, 2023
3 Takeaways to Guide Your AI Strategy Returning to Normalcy Is Anything but for the Health Care Supply Chain - April 18, 2023
How OR 'Black Boxes' Are Helping to Improve Safety Mark Cuban Lays Out More Details about How He’s Disrupting Drug Pricing Coalition Offers Blueprint for Trustworthy Health Care AI Implementation - April 11, 2023
3 Pivotal Ways to Accelerate Tech and Innovation Change Cleveland Clinic Akron General Adopts New Birthing Model to Improve Outcomes - April 4, 2023
4 Keys to Elevate Consumer Centricity Census Bureau Database to Provide Better Context on Retail Clinics Market - March 28, 2023
4 Strategies to Drive Health-Equity Success Civica Rx Gets More Backing in Effort to Reduce Drug Prices and Shortages - March 21, 2023
Solving Workforce Core Challenge No. 1 Best Buy Partners with Atrium On Hospital-at-Home Program - March 14, 2023
3 Factors Driving AI Surge in Health Care VillageMD Builds Bigger Footprint in the Northeast, Expands Value-Based Care Vision - March 7, 2023
5 Things to Know about Amazon’s Recent One Medical Acquisition Is Health Care on the Threshold of a Remote Patient-Monitoring Boom? - February 28, 2023
5 Imperatives to Scale a Virtual Nursing Program Will Employees Become Fitter and Share Wearable Device Data for $1,000 a Year? Amazon Finally Closes on One Medical Purchase - February 21, 2023
3 Ways Pharma Could Jolt Health Care in 2023 Will a Chatbot Be Just What the Doctor Ordered for Reimbursement Appeals? - February 14, 2023
Special Report: How 7 Disruptors Will Transform Health Care in 2023 CVS Health Buys Oak Street Health, But Will the Investment Pay Off? Amazon’s Primary Care Expansion Has Hit a Potential Roadblock - February 7, 2023
These 4 Trends Could Reshape Health Care This Year Exploring the Connective Tissue Behind Carbon Health’s Recent Upswing - January 31, 2023
Why Patients Leave — 4 Nonnegotiable Consumer Expectations The Latest Shakeup in the Prescription Drug Market: $5 Generics via Amazon Prime Dollar General Takes Another Step to Expand Its Health Care Offerings - January 24, 2023
Transforming Care: Why Leaders Need to Be Radically Collaborative Optum Looks to Expand Value-Based Care Offerings through Integrated Approach - January 17, 2023
3 Looming Questions from the J.P. Morgan Health Conference Health Startups, Investors Offer 4 Bold Predictions for 2023 - January 10, 2023
How to Personalize Care across Four Generations of Patients Consumer Tech Firms Showcase Latest Digital Tools to Support Care Everywhere - December 20, 2022
Executive Burnout Is Real — and It Can Be Reduced Epic to Revamp Its App Market with Connection Hub - December 13, 2022
4 Ways Hospitals Can Reshape Their Future With Its New Genomics Data Services, AWS Hopes to Facilitate Rapid Advances in Precision Medicine - December 6, 2022
How to Build Your Future Workforce Pipeline Mark Cuban Plots Next Move to Collaborate with Hospitals on Drug Shortages - November 22, 2022
4 Ways Strategic Partnerships Will Transform Care Delivery What Amazon Clinic Will Mean for Consumers and the Online Retail Giant - November 15, 2022
4 Key Predictions for Health Care in 2023 and How to Respond How Walgreens Just Became a Player in Specialty and Urgent Care - November 8, 2022
Mayo Clinic to Study Digitized Workflows, AI-Backed Messaging to Improve Postpartum Care The One Innovation Question Leaders Need to Focus on Now - November 1, 2022
4 Takeaways from Survey on Retail Health Clinics and Quality Cleveland Clinic-IBM Project Hopes to Provide a Quantum Leap in Speeding Research - October 25, 2022
Walgreens Bets Future on Health Care and New Leadership Third-Party, Cyber-Risk Skyrockets for Health Systems - October 18, 2022
5 Ways to Optimize Alternative Care Sites Health Systems Invest in Innovative Startups to Advance Care - October 11, 2022
How Wearable Cognitive Assistance Tools Could Reshape Care Delivery Instacart Puts Groceries and Health Care into One Basket - October 4, 2022
How to Reconnect with Patients as the Pandemic Slows Redesign Health Gets Another Boost in Funding Startups to Innovate Care - September 27, 2022
3 Steps to Take When Assessing Virtual Mental Health Humana Again Expands Its Profile in Primary Care for Seniors - September 20, 2022
4 Keys to Combat Health Care Workforce Shortages Latest Morgan Health Investments Signal the Company’s Focus - September 13, 2022
CVS Health Adds Home Health Services. What’s Next? Walgreens Aims to Cut Home Care Costs, Improve Quality with CareCentrix Acquisition - September 6, 2022
4 Ways to Become a More Teledriven Health System Systems Forge Partnerships to Expand Remote Patient Monitoring Programs - August 30, 2022
What’s Driving Headwinds for Insuretechs? Who Knew Primary Care Could Be So Difficult? Amazon Care to Close Flipping the Script, Hospitals Apply for Nurses - August 23, 2022
Partnership Trends and 4 Mistakes to Avoid During Negotiations Why General Catalyst Is Doubling Down on Health Care Investments - August 16, 2022
4 Ways a Signify Health Deal Could Help CVS Health Mayo Clinic-Mercy Data Collaboration Aims to Drive Improved Outcomes - August 9, 2022
The Buzz: Takeaways from the 2022 AHA Leadership Summit - August 2, 2022
5 Ways Apple Provider Partnerships Are Guiding Its Strategy Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals DEI Supplier Accelerator Program Aims to Level the Playing Field - July 26, 2022
6 Startups That Could Transform Health Care Amazon Makes Another Big Bet on Primary Care with One Medical Buyout - July 19, 2022
4 Ways to Frame Your Future in the Metaverse Cleveland Clinic Adds Two Centers of Excellence to Its Direct-to-Employer Plans - July 12, 2022
6 Takeaways from New Forecast of Health Care’s Future Health Systems Forge Partnerships to Bring Hospital-Level Care to the Home - July 5, 2022
3 Big Ideas from Aspen Conference to Transform Health Care CVS, Walgreens Take On Clinical Trials to Improve the Patient Experience - June 28, 2022
How Some Hospitals Are Grappling with the Workforce Shortage Analysis Finds 30% of Care Could Be Delivered Virtually. What’s Your Next Move? - June 21, 2022
3 Ways to Advance Digital Disruption Need Help Evaluating Mental Health Apps? New AHRQ Brief Offers Direction - June 14, 2022
3 Ways to Meet the Digital Challenge from Retail Disruptors Collaborative Robot Aims to Ease Stress on Nurses - June 7, 2022
3 Ways 3D Printing Is Revolutionizing Health Care AWS’ Latest Accelerator Aims to Give a Boost to Health-Equity Startups - May 31, 2022
Top 4 Critical Innovation Strategies AHA Innovation Dialogue Explores Efforts to Improve Women’s Health, Equity - May 24, 2022
3 Ways to Explore Innovation at AHA’s Leadership Summit Virginia Hospital’s COVID-19 Triage Model May Pay Dividends Even after the Pandemic Humana to Double Down on Value-Based Primary Care Clinics Targeting Medicare Patients - May 17, 2022
4 Keys to Delivering Superior Virtual Care Weigh In Social Factors Along with Clinical Conditions When Predicting Sepsis Risks - May 10, 2022
4 Health Care Workforce Moves to Make Now Mayo Clinic Uses AI to Detect Weak Heart Pump via Apple Watch ECGs It’s Time to Make Cybersecurity a Leadership Imperative - May 3, 2022
How UofU Health Is Benefiting from Intensive Behavioral and Physical Health Care NexHealth Secures $125 Million for Patient-Engagement Platform - April 26, 2022
3 Keys to CVS Health’s Growth Strategy Mayo Clinic Turns to Tech Innovation to Optimize Nurse Staffing - April 19, 2022
3 Ways Hospitals Are Tackling Maternal Health Innovation Advancing Digital Patient Engagement: Opportunities for Differentiation - April 12, 2022
Inside Novant, Mayo, Advocate Innovation Initiatives Surge in Demand for Pediatric Behavioral Health Services Fuels Funding for Startup Brightline - April 5, 2022
Innovation Lessons from the Pandemic What’s Next for Unitedhealth and Optum after $5.4 Billion Acquisition of Home Care Provider? - March 29, 2022
Walmart and Amazon Execs Tip Strategy Plans AHA Makes Second Round of Investments in Health-Equity Startup Funds - March 22, 2022
3 Ways to Improve Odds for Success with Startups Intermountain, Northwell Health Workforce Collaboration Spawns a Nationwide Alliance - March 15, 2022
Banner | Aetna Aligns Incentives to Drive Innovation Civica Rx Aims to Disrupt Generic Insulin Market Pricing by 2024 - March 8, 2022
3 Takeaways from Recent Telehealth Analyses Alexa Will Now Connect Consumers to a Teladoc Physician - March 1, 2022
4 Innovations That Could Transform Health Care This Year Why Virtual Reality Could Be a Bigger Part of Health Care’s Future - February 22, 2022
3 Principles for a Seamless Patient Digital Experience Is It Time to Develop a Digital Hippocratic Oath? - February 15, 2022
5 Ways to Ease Staffing Shortages Now and into the Future Surgery Patients Give High Marks to Hybrid Care Hotel Approach - February 8, 2022
How to Address 3 Critical Health Care Focus Areas for 2022 Walmart to Leverage AI Software to Guide Employees to Clinicians - February 1, 2022
6 Digital Health Startups to Watch in 2022 Humana Plans Primary Care Expansion in Medically Underserved Areas - January 25, 2022
6 Imperatives to Improving Behavioral Health Access AHA, Others Back First Venture Fund to Invest in Black-Owned Health Care Firms AI Coalition Plans to Transform the Field Through Responsible Adoption - January 18, 2022
Three Takeaways from the J.P. Morgan Health Care Conference 5 Key Competencies for Emerging Health Care Leaders - January 11, 2021
Why 2022 Will Be a Year of Disruptor Differentiation - December 21, 2021
Applying Equity to Funding Health Care Startups The Other Shoe Has Dropped: CVS Health to Add Physicians - December 14, 2021
How to Help Clinicians Cope with the Pandemic’s Impact CVS Health Looks to Microsoft to Help Build Out Personalized Care Strategy - December 7, 2021
Is Subscription-Based Digital Health on the Horizon? Atrium Health Pursues $1.5 Billion Innovation District - November 23, 2021
Prepare for Shifts in Alternative Care Settings Employers Expand Health Benefits During the Pandemic New Solution Helps to Address Unfair Commercial Health Care Plans - November 16, 2021
3 Takeaways from the Rise of Virtual-First Health Plans Truveta Shares COVID-19 Insights from 20 Health Systems - November 9, 2021
3 Workforce Strategy Imperatives Teladoc Lays Out Its Differentiated Primary Care Strategy Walmart Hires Ochsner Exec to Lead Health Care Push - November 2, 2021
Will Startup PBMs Drive Drug Price Transparency? Oak Street’s RubiconMD Acquisition to Drive Virtual Specialty Care Loyal and LifePoint Partner to Improve the Patient Experience - October 26, 2021
4 Transformation Takeaways from HLTH Walgreens Launches Health Care Division, Ready to Take on Risk Walmart, Transcarent Team Up to Woo Self-Insured Employers - October 19, 2021
How JPMorgan Plans to Disrupt Primary Care — and What You Can Do About It Mount Sinai Puts New AI Department at the Center of Patient Care - October 12, 2021
AWS Taps 10 Health Care Startups for Inaugural Accelerator Program Intermountain, Presbyterian and SSM Health Tackle Digital Transformation - October 5, 2021
4 Steps to Mitigate Algorithmic Bias Disruptors, Providers Invest in Health Equity - September 28, 2021
Most Consumers Would Switch to Other Providers for More Trust and Respect Mayo Clinic, Verily Work to Build Better Decision-Support Tools - September 21, 2021
Digital Strategies Stall as Disruptors Advance Blue Shield of California, Walgreens to Partner on Wellness Services - September 14, 2021
Studies Find That Remote Monitoring Advanced Care During Pandemic Primary Care Startup Cityblock Health Wins Over Investors - September 7, 2021
Can Big Tech Truly Disrupt Health Care? Will Dollar Stores Become a Health Care Destination? - August 31, 2021
Alexa, What Is Your Future in Health Care? Google Learns Again: It’s Not Easy to Disrupt Health Care Geisinger’s AI-Enabled Payment Plan Lets Patients Set Their Terms - August 24, 2021
Walmart Leader Shares His Vision of Health Care in 2040 Primary Care at Medicare Rates: One Startup’s Recipe for Expansion - August 17, 2021
3 Things We Learned from the HIMSS Global Conference - August 10, 2021
Telehealth Investment Shifts Signal Market Maturity In Wake of Spinoff, Avera Health Plans to Keep Innovating The Future of Health Care Innovation: Integration - August 3, 2021
Innovative Approaches to Redefining Care Delivery Houston Methodist’s Digital-First Mindset Fuels Transformation - July 27, 2021
Data Pools Get Deeper as AWS, Truveta Help Health Care Mine Insights Innovation Collaborative Targets Robotic Process Automation Primary Care Startup Everside Ready to Grow with IPO - July 20, 2021
Walgreens Begins Executing New Health Care Strategy A Fresh Perspective on Where Telehealth Growth Will Settle - July 13, 2021
Digital Transformation’s Next Wave: Creating a Mirrored World Ochsner Revs Up National Remote Patient Monitoring Plan - July 6, 2021
Will AI Be the Next Frontier in Behavioral Health? Walmart Is Rolling Back Prices . . . This Time on Insulin - June 29, 2021
Building a Better Data Connection: Will Big Tech’s Investments Pay Off? There May Be a Generation Gap in Telehealth’s Future Amazon Launches Accelerator for Digital Health Startups - June 22, 2021
Amazon Care’s Vision: Access to a Clinician in 60 Seconds, In-Person Care within an Hour Micro-Innovation Can Deliver Oversized Results - June 15, 2021
3 Ways to Prepare for Coming Shifts in Care Delivery Sites Hospital-Led Innovation Efforts Produce Results - June 8, 2021
3 Keys to Meet Individuals’ Health and Social Needs Private Equity Firm Raises $1.4 Billion for Hit Investment Fund - June 1, 2021
Can Concierge Care Achieve Its Potential? Anthem-Epic Data-Sharing Plan Could Boost Care Coordination - May 25, 2021
CEOs to Focus Their Innovation Efforts in Five Areas JPMorgan Chase Launches New Unit to Improve Care Quality for Employees Teladoc’s Latest Offering to Integrate Behavioral Health - May 18, 2021
Lessons Learned from the Pandemic: Planning Hospitals of the Future Walmart Expands Virtual Care Footprint by Acquiring MeMD - May 11, 2021
A Look Inside CVS Health’s Latest Moves to Disrupt Care Provider and Payer Joint Venture to Advance Value-Based Care - May 4, 2021
3 Ways to Expand Community, Patient Engagement BCBSA Sets Out to Reduce Racial Disparities in Maternal Health by 50% in the Next Five Years - April 27, 2021
Mass Events Make Vaccines Accessible Blue Cross Blue Shield NC Pilot Programs Address Food Insecurity - April 20, 2021
Study Finds New Commercial AI Devices Often Lack Key Performance Data Many Workers Have Yet to Get Mental Health Care They Need Due to Pandemic - April 13, 2021
2 Ways Cash-Rich Digital Health Startups Will Reshape Care and Wellness MasterCard, Verizon Make Initial Forays into Health Care - April 6, 2021
3 Ways CEOs Can Lead Digital Transformation Advocate Aurora Health Investment Arm Targets Holistic Care - March 30, 2021
3 Things to Know about the Latest Disruptor in Employer-Sponsored Care Providence Spins Out Digital Platform to Boost Access, Improve Patient Experience Humana CMO Evaluates Prospects for Improved Payer-Provider Alignment - March 23, 2021
4 Crisis Management Steps to Reduce Supply Disruption $1B Health Care Startups on the Rise and Getting to Market Faster Study: Housing for Health Program Generates Significant Social Value and ROI - March 16, 2021
Preparing For Behavioral Health’s Future Amazon, Intermountain and Ascension Lead Push to Expand Home-Based Care - March 9, 2021
3 Data-Driven Keys to Address Health Equity Predictive Modeling Could Create Better Sightlines to Forecast Finances - March 2, 2021
Let’s Work Together — A Framework for Public-Private Health Care Collaboration During Crises Take Five: Exploring Walmart’s Consumer-Centered Health Care Approach 14 Health Systems Join Forces to Share and Analyze Patient Data to Improve Care Will Wellness Be King in the New Health Care Economy? - February 23, 2021
Data-Driven Initiative Drives Down Disparities in Rural Health Care When Facing an Unforeseeable Future, Culture Is a Strategic Imperative - February 16, 2021
Hospital-at-Home Gains Momentum with Added Flexibilities, New Entrants Disrupting Behavioral Health: Achieving Greater Access and Equity - February 9, 2021
An Upside-Down Org Chart and Vaccine Warriors — Leading Rural Health in a Pandemic - February 2, 2021
4 Keys to Becoming a Data-driven Organization - January 26, 2021
What It Takes to Create Disproportionate Value in Challenging Times Intermountain, Memorial Hermann, Trinity Take Stake in $300 Million Private Equity Fund - January 19, 2021
A New Era Begins in Connected Health at Home Take Five: Make Room for Transformation and Innovation Conversations - January 12, 2021
COVID-19 Didn’t Stop Health Care Disruptors from Moving Forward - December 22, 2020
How the Health Care Landscape Will Change in 2021 Exploring the Path Forward for Rural Health Care - December 15, 2020
Take the Next Step to Advance Telehealth Innovation A Budding Opportunity to Advance Health Care Innovation for Veterans Cleveland Clinic Algorithms Improve Population Health Outcomes - December 8, 2020
How to Help Clinicians Stay Resilient during COVID-19 How to Better Enable Physicians to Succeed in Telehealth - November 24, 2020
Securing Your Future During Disruption 3 Important Leadership Lessons from COVID-19 Field Hospitals - November 17, 2020
Strategic Planning Imperatives for the Path Forward Intermountain Sells GPO as It Sharpens Focus Virtual Platform Offers Gathering Place to Discuss Pandemic Response - November 10, 2020
Collaboration Drives Community Health Improvements - November 3, 2020
Innovation Efforts Get More Targeted as Budgets Tighten Providers Stockpile, Leverage Tech to Address Potential Supply Shortages AHA’S Navigating a New Reality Conference Sessions Now Available On-Demand - October 27, 2020
Health Care Leaders Brace for Pandemic’s Resurgence Team-Based Care Can Add Value, Improve Outcomes in Pandemic Response - October 20, 2020
Walmart Enters New Phase of Its Health Care Relationship with Consumers Walgreens to Invest $1 Billion in Its Primary Care Strategy - October 13, 2020
The Time to Address Workforce Planning and Resiliency Is Now Economy May Be Down, but Digital Health Investments Boom - October 6, 2020
Will You Be Ready for the Post-COVID-19 Financial World? Patients to Pay More Out of Pocket for Virtual Care Updated AHA COVID-19 Modeling Compendium Includes Recovery Calculators - September 29, 2020
3 Digital Strategic Priorities for the Next Normal $106 Billion in Health Care Spending Could Be Virtual by 2023 AI in Health Care: Leading through Change - September 22, 2020
4 Lessons for Navigating a New Reality Children’s Hospitals, Startups to Create Digital Solutions to Transform Care - September 15, 2020
Innovation Collaborative Delivers Valuable Insights on Evaluating Technology Pandemic Could Trigger Changes in Commercial Health Plans - September 1, 2020
Specialist and Private Practices Take Severe Blow During Pandemic Market Share Up for Grabs as Telehealth Players Look to Go Public - August 25, 2020
Forecasting Shifts in Strategic Priorities amid COVID-19 A Road Map for Maintaining Essential Surgery During the Pandemic - August 18, 2020
3 Considerations for Restarting Surgical Service During the Pandemic - August 11, 2020
Virtual Care’s Post-COVID-19 Future Comes into Focus How Can You Address Increasing Demand for Behavioral Health Services? - August 4, 2020
Hospitals Work to Ensure Patients a Safe Return for Needed Care Pandemic Could Reshape Physician Practice Landscape, Pay Models - July 28, 2020
Health Care Faces Financial Challenges During the Pandemic Intermountain Healthcare CEO Shares Takeaways from COVID-19 ‘Automated Hovering’ App Helps Manage COVID-19 Patients at Home - July 21, 2020
Will Machine Learning Help Health Care and Policymakers Solve the Pandemic? Walgreens and Amazon Step Up Efforts to Disrupt Primary Care - July 14, 2020
How to Check the Pulse of Your Digital Behavioral Health Efforts - July 7, 2020
Leverage These AHA Tools to Enhance Your COVID-19 Response Efforts - June 30, 2020
Is Your Telehealth Program Built for the New Health Care World? | Penn Medicine’s COVID-19 Sprint Innovations Provide Key Lessons - June 23, 2020
Repurposing Knowledge Accelerates Health Care Innovation | New COVID-19 Early-Warning System Will Debut in July | AHA, AVIA Launch Assessment for Behavioral Health Digital Strategy - June 16, 2020
Shared Risk May Be Key to Future Growth Opportunities | COVID-19 Reshapes How Hospitals Will Address Next Pandemic | Pathfinder Tools Provide On-Demand COVID-19 Information - June 9, 2020
Stakeholders Target Health Disparities During Pandemic | Could We See $250 Billion in Care Virtualized? | Digitally Enable an Effective COVID-19 Behavioral Health Strategy - June 2, 2020
Consumer Attitudes Changing on Accessing Care Remotely | Providers Team Up To Expand PPE Production | Business Community Steps Up to Help Providers Respond - March 17, 2020
Hospitals Prepare for Influx of Patients with Coronavirus - March 10, 2020
It May Be Time to Reassess Your Consumer Digital Interface | Alexa Can Now Answer Questions about 1,500 Most-Prescribed Drugs | Dissecting Health Care’s Disruptors - March 3, 2020
Growing List of Competitors Targets Physician Practices - February 25, 2020
Ready to Advance Your Innovation? Check Out the AHA Fund | Snapchat Is Ready to Disrupt the Health Care Conversation - February 18, 2020
Hospitals Make Progress on Value-Based Payment Models | What’s Behind Humana’s Expanding Investments in Senior-Focused Clinics? | Make Behavioral Health More Accessible: Are You Up for the Challenge? - February 11, 2020
Studies: Telemedicine Pays Dividends in Rural Health | Leveraging AI to Provide a Rural ‘Retail Medicine’ Experience - February 4, 2020
Assessing the Changing Face of Strategic Partnerships | Technologies to Fortify Your Supply Chain | CVS Health Upends the Diabetes Drug Market - January 28, 2020
Check Your Blind Spot as You Address Disruptive Changes | Google Cloud Faces Headwinds in Trying to Win Over EHR Companies | Virtual Primary Care Gets a Major Boost from Cigna | How Hospitals Are Paving the Way to the Future - January 21, 2020
Providers Cut Costs, Better Engage Patients | Leaders Come Together with Updates on Health Care Transformation | Payers Push to Slow Disease Progression | Major Tech Deal to Drive Telehealth Integration - January 14, 2020
The Age of Consumer Empowerment Begins in Earnest | Alphabet’s Verily, Walgreens Hire New Clinical Leaders - January 7, 2020
The Story Isn’t Finished but Early Chapters on Disruption Have Been Written - December 17, 2019
Millennials Speak Up About Their Health Care Expectations | Fitbit Forms Its First Partnership with Medicaid Plan | Strength of Partnerships to Determine Walgreens’ Future - December 10, 2019
Tap These AHA Resources to Prepare for Changes in 2020 and Beyond - December 3, 2019
Assessing AI’s Potential for Care Delivery - November 19, 2019
Removing Health Care Inefficiencies One Link at a Time | AHA Digital Pulse Pilot Will Help Hospitals Benchmark Performance - November 12, 2019
Forecast Calls for Extension of Healthy Years | New AHA Tool Helps Frame Problem Solving for Big Challenges | New Market Entrants Haven Healthcare and Fitbit on the Move - November 5, 2019
More Big Market Transformation Moves in Store Next Year | What’s Trending in Digital Health? There’s a Podcast for That. | Future-Proof Your Career: Become an AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellow - October 29, 2019
On-demand Virtual Care Is Rising . . . and So Are Consumer Expectations | AHA and AVIA Form Strategic Alliance to Speed Digital Transformation | Look for CVS to Expand in Chronic Care Management - October 22, 2019
Consumerism, Population Health Drive Demand for Data Sharing and Transparency: Are Providers Ready? | How to Implement a Successful Telebehavioral Health Program - October 15, 2019
Surveying the AI Health Care Landscape | Civica Rx Delivers First Generic Drug | Walmart Looks to Roll Back Costs on Employee Health - October 8, 2019
Amazon’s Customer-first Focus Could Reshape the Pharma Supply Chain | It’s Time to Get Back to the Basics on Social Determinants - October 1, 2019
Innovative Devices Engage Patients in Their Health — at Home and on the Run | Amazon Takes First Step into Virtual Primary Care - September 24, 2019
New AHA Report Demystifies AI and Implementation | Scenario Planning for The AI-Enabled Health System - September 17, 2019
Consumers Buy into Genetic Testing Kits | Set Your Strategy with Help from AHA Annual Survey Database | Need a Deal on MRI or CT Scan? Grab a Coupon - September 10, 2019
Global Digital Health Startup Activity Near All-time High | Fitbit Takes Next Step into Care Management | Need Help with Your Digital Transformation Strategy? - August 27, 2019
Investor Appetite Remains Strong for Digital Health Startups | Gain Insight, Take Action with AHA’s New Data Viz Tool | Machine Learning Project Targets Advances to Improve Patient Care - August 20, 2019
Health System Venture Funds Place Their Bets on Innovation | UCHealth Launches a Real Conversation Starter Using AI - August 13, 2019
The Buzz: 9 Key Takeaways from the AHA Leadership Summit - August 6, 2019
Six Promising Startups Worth Watching | Is It Time to Partner with Retail Pharmacies on Service Expansion? - July 30, 2019
Could Emerging Sensors Revolutionize Wearable Technology? | A Chance to Disrupt the Clinic-based Dialysis Market | Machine Learning Could Speed Drug Development - July 23, 2019
Market Expands for Teaching Value-Based Care Imperatives | To Drive Your Telehealth Strategy, Answer One Simple Question | AI Image Recognition Moves from Radiology to Pathology - July 16, 2019
Mhealth: improving patient engagement | Virtual care gets a boost at NY - July 9, 2019
Fulfilling AI’s promise | AI vs. process automation | Providence St. Joseph buys into innovation - June 25, 2019
Using TV to reach your doctor | App detects behavioral health crises | Impeding innovation - June 18, 2019
Integrating behavioral health | Get your innovation up to scale and up to speed - June 11, 2019
Win the consumerism challenge | 7 steps to organizational well-being - June 4, 2019
Combining wearables, AI | Tap into patients’ social needs in one minute | Protect your IP - May 28, 2019
Optimizing precision care delivery | Plan to disrupt | Digital innovation’s cost - May 21, 2019
Risk-based contract progress slows | Why Amazon bought PillPack | Are you future-ready? - May 14, 2019
3 innovation mistakes leaders make | Put nurses on your innovation team | AI reports go live - May 7, 2019
AI 2020 | Telehealth at heart of new Humana plan | 6 startups for inaugural accelerator class
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A new AHA Market Scan Trailblazers report, “Assembly Required: An Operator’s Manual for Post-merger Integration,” outlines a 10-step approach to building an integrated hospital or health system after a merger.
CVS Health plans to invest $20 billion in technology over the next 10 years to deliver a more consumer-centric health experience by improving interoperability of health tech systems.
The roles of a chief human resources officer (CHRO) and chief people officer are becoming increasingly challenging and complex. Many hospitals and health systems have expanded the scope of human resources (HR) to encompass a broader range of roles, functions, operations and technologies, notes a recent WiffKieffer report.
The AHA recently released a comprehensive report that measures the substantial financial resources hospitals and health systems spend on preventing and responding to violence in their facilities and communities.
Artificial intelligence (AI) dominated news coming out of last month’s Google I/O 2025, the tech giant’s annual developer conference. Here’s a rundown of what grabbed our attention.
Rural hospitals and health systems may not have the size, resources or scale of their urban and academic medical center counterparts, but they have ideal traits to help spur technology innovation.
Three of the largest health care disruptors — Amazon, CVS Health and Walgreens — are licking their financial wounds after multibillion-dollar investments in primary care outlets and other businesses didn’t pan out as planned They continue to reshape their respective health care visions.
Digital health funding, particularly in artificial intelligence (AI) companies, surged 47% in Q1 over the previous quarter, even as deal volume slipped 9%, according to a recent CB Insights report.
As consumers take a more active role in their health and have unprecedented access to health data through wearable devices, remote monitoring and other technologies, organizations are closely examining their engagement strategies and tactics.
Researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed a deep learning algorithm called FaceAge that uses a photo of a person’s face to predict biological age and survival outcomes for cancer patients.
Resources
Behavioral Health Integration
Framework for hospitals and health systems to shift focus to overall health and bring together behavioral and physical health services into a fully integrated system of care.
Evolving Care Models
Framework for hospitals and health systems to assess their current capabilities to determine the best type of value-based care for the organization.
Telehealth Strategy
Tools for hospitals and health systems to assess their digital transformation strategy and expand telehealth services into integrated virtual care models.