Innovation

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the healthcare industry moved quickly, leveraging technology to expand access to care, particularly by ramping up telehealth. But, as Dr. Christine Gall, industry segment advisor for T-Mobile for Business, pointed out, “The solutions cobbled together…

Several hospitals and health systems accelerated innovation efforts this year, from spinning out new artificial intelligence-powered healthcare companies to inking collaborations focused on digital health, hospital-at-home offerings and data analytics. 

The University of California Irvine Health and UC Investments are partnering to invest $50 million in healthcare innovation and digital health to improve patient care and public health.

Hospitals need to innovate and transform themselves using digital technologies to meet the rising demands of today's consumers. There is no shortage of technology companies promising to help health systems get there.

Here, five executives from health systems across the country answer the question, "What was the most impactful health tech innovation in 2021?"

From their thoughts on "hospital-at-home" programs to technologies hospitals should adopt to how to improve health equity, here are 20 quotes about innovation in health IT that hospital executives shared with Becker's Hospital Review in 2021.

Becker's reported on 24 hospitals and health systems that opened or announced plans to establish new centers focused on healthcare innovation in 2021. 

Even in 2016, 52 percent of visits to Kaiser Permanente were virtual. A leader in digital innovation, Chief Digital Officer Prat Vemana discussed how the system centers patient experience in its digital growth, VentureBeat reported Dec. 13.

Healthcare organizations are struggling to keep up with the changes in care in the last several years like value-based care and virtual care. While no single solution exists to address these complexities, a holistic approach to automation and innovation can…

An algorithm that is fed data from wearable fitness trackers can alert people of COVID-19 infection or stress before the onset of symptoms, according to a study published Nov. 29 in Nature.