AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

AHA Center for Health Innovation’s Market Scan articles provide insights and analysis on the field’s latest developments in health care disruption, transformation and innovation.

Read the latest newsletters and subscribe to Market Scan.

Follow us to learn more.

In the onslaught of news and speculation about the Amazon Health Services (AHS) restructuring and what it signals for the online e-commerce and tech giant’s future, the field has been left with more questions than answers.
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…
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.