Innovation

Claus Torp Jensen, PhD, leads Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's digital transformation and data strategies at time when innovations are rapidly accelerating in wake of COVID-19.

Richard Zane, MD, the chief innovation officer at Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth, knows a strong IT infrastructure is integral to the operations of an entire health system.

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's joint biological innovation center has secured $76 million and signed a lease for a new facility in Watertown, Mass., according to a Jan. 14 news release.

Five Mass General Brigham innovation projects seeking to improve treatment for patients with challenging diseases were awarded funding Jan. 6 through the Boston-based health system's Innovation Discovery Grants program. 

Health science researchers at University of California-Irvine have developed a machine-learning model to predict outcomes for COVID-19 patients.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is teaming up with Israel-based health IT company MDClone to make healthcare data easier to access and use among researchers and other operational staff lacking technical training, according to a Dec. 16 news release. 

New York City-based Mount Sinai researchers have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that predicts outcomes for COVID-19 patients who arrive in the emergency room with mild symptoms.

The pandemic has spurred innovation in the health IT space during 2020, as hospitals and health systems find new ways to optimize workflows, use data to improve care delivery and connect patients to healthcare providers virtually.

Parents magazine selected 15 children's hospitals as the top pediatric healthcare providers for innovation and technology.

Here are eight recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives accelerating digital transformation efforts at healthcare organizations.