AHA Center for Health Innovation
In the marathon that the COVID-19 pandemic has become, hospitals and health systems set a brisk early pace in transforming digitally. Telehealth services scaled rapidly as organizations adopted clinically integrated digital strategies and shifted how and where they deliver services. That momentum,…
In one of its largest partnerships with a payer to date, Walgreens is collaborating with Blue Shield of California to offer health care services to the insurer’s members.
Now, more than ever, meaningful human connections are needed in healthcare. For families and friends at home or in a waiting room, receiving status updates about their loved ones in a hospital reduces the levels of worry and stress. Learn how Lehigh Valley Health Network uses a mobile app to send…
Elaine Huggins and Pamela Leonard share how Kaiser Permanente’s National Program Office work the challenge of mindfully employing the High Reliability principles in multi-level, multi-organizational, enterprise-wide improvement that ties together the accountability of leadership commitment to no…
As patient care needs are fluid and vary among hospitals, nursing units, and shifts, an enterprise-focused staffing approach is essential to effectively meet patients' ever-changing needs. This webinar will explore how variables such as critical ratio variances, unit workload, planned discharges,…
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has been a key component of value-based strategies like hospital-at-home and in certain specialties like palliative care, as well as managing patients with chronic diseases. Only recently have large-scale studies surfaced that measure the impact of RPM programs…
There is still a quarter to go, but 2021 already has been a year of explosive growth for Cityblock Health. The primary care startup that targets Medicaid and low-income Medicare populations has raised roughly $900 in funding since last December and is now valued at $5.7 billion.
Big tech firms, intent on disrupting health care, have hit a rough patch. Apple’s unpublicized vision of offering primary care services with company-employed physicians and clinics has stalled, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. For the second time in a decade, the Google Health…
In a move it says is driven by customers who want more convenient and affordable health care products and services, Dollar General will join an army of retail competitors that are intent on becoming a health care destination.
Team Strategies, Tools to Enhance Performance & Patient Safety to improve communication & teamwork in health care for colleagues, patients & families.