Innovation

AI-driven technology empowers clinical leaders to leverage their own real-world data to diagnose and address disparities in patient care

Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University are set to host a collaborative event that aims to accelerate innovation in healthcare.

From giving out medical advice to participating in the latest viral trends, healthcare professionals are using Instagram and TikTok to brand themselves as physician influencers.

The pandemic prompted the proliferation of innovative medical technology, but it is sometimes exclusionary and hard to use for those with disabilities, Kaiser Health News reported March 11.

Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare's hospital-care-at-home program allows for care at a place patients prefer, program medical director Sarah Schenck, MD, said March 11. 

OSF Ventures, the innovation investment arm of Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare, joined a $12.5 million funding round for Epitel, a company that makes a wireless, wearable brain wave- monitoring device to detect seizures.

Fixing the smallest hearts is always a challenge, but Cincinnati Children's has developed a program to help physicians and patients through the difficult surgeries, using virtual reality.

Cleveland Clinic has teamed up with pathology artificial intelligence company PathAI to create a five-year strategic collaboration that will use AI for clinical diagnostics and to conduct research, according to a March 10 press release.

When it comes to health tech partnerships, hospitals have a seemingly endless list of startups and companies from which to select. Becker's talked to three hospital executives to determine red flags that reveal a company is not partnership material:

Over the last two years, the pandemic has created enormous pressure on the nation's healthcare system. It has also placed a considerable burden on a shorthanded healthcare workforce. Unfortunately, many don't see a light at the end of the tunnel.…