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.
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Even as many hospitals and health care systems continue to evaluate whether to participate in risk-based reimbursement models, some health care startups are betting their futures on it.
A recent report in MobiHealth News explores how well-funded, established startups and fledgling companies alike are finding ways to cut the costs of prescription medications. Their services are targeted to the more than 27 million consumers who are uninsured or underinsured — including the 43…
Increasingly, providers are exploring partnerships with best-in-class hospitals as they hone their own service lines in areas where they excel. Some are also looking to direct contracting with major employers as a strategy to improve value, access, quality and cost management. And some are working…
UPS has been focusing intently on building its logistics capabilities over the past decade. Now, the company is using what it has learned to expand its health care focus. A recent Reuters report says UPS is preparing to test a U.S. service that dispatches nurses to vaccinate adults in their homes,…
Join the AHA in Atlanta on May 9 for the Executive Forum to explore how hospitals and health systems are driving innovation and value through collaboration with providers, payers, employers and community partners.
The news 15 months ago that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase were forming a joint venture to achieve better outcomes at a lower cost for the roughly $4 billion they spend collectively on health care for their 1.2 million workers was a bold move. But since anteing up to get in the game…
In another example of how hospitals and health systems can broaden the scope of their virtual care programs, Intermountain Healthcare is expanding its well-established Homecare & Hospice program to include home-based primary care and some traditional services.
After six years of development and supported with private-equity funding, OnMed, a health technology company, has launched a telemedicine kiosk that can dispense medications as the patient consults with a physician remotely. The HIPAA-compliant OnMed Station can be set up almost anywhere, according…
Last week, more than 70,000 people descended on Austin, Texas, to experience the SXSW festival. The AHA participated in a number of sessions as part of the SXSW Interactive Festival’s Health and MedTech track, sharing how hospitals and health systems are transforming to advance health in their…
Don’t miss the AHA Leadership Summit July 25-27 in San Diego. On the first day of the conference, the AHA Center for Health Innovation will present six leading solutions in the inaugural Leadership Summit Startup Competition. The startups will be selected by their ability to quantify savings or…