Innovation

Charisse Sparks, MD, a former Johnson & Johnson executive, has been named chief medical officer of VR therapeutics company Applied VR, according to a March 22 news release. 

Seven health systems were among the recipients of the CIO 100 Awards, an effort from CIO.com to recognize companies' achievements in technology innovation, now in its 35th year.

Four health systems joined a new program at the University of Arkansas geared toward innovation in healthcare.

Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare has teamed up with artificial intelligence diagnostics company Ibex Medical Analytics to create a research and innovation collaboration. 

For all the hype around the future of brain chips and human enhancement technology, the public remains wary and undecided on the benefits of such tech, according to a Pew Research Center report published March 17. 

To make innovation a priority, hospitals and health systems must harness innovation efforts from the pandemic to stay ahead of the curve. Here, four health system and hospital innovation leaders share habits that are killing innovation.

​​Fresh ideas in medicine drive the creation of new technology and tools that can improve patient care, but medical students face significant barriers to engaging in innovation, according to a survey published March 16 in Nature Biotechnology.

Mayo Clinic's Hybrid Care Hotel in Jacksonville, Fla., challenges the idea that low-risk surgical patients are better off recovering in a conventional hospital setting.

LG opened a technology and education hub focused on commercial displays and devices designed for healthcare.

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine built its own artificial intelligence program that has identified a daily average of 68 incidental findings among diagnostic images, which has triggered follow-ups to prevent delayed care.