Innovation

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are pushing digital transformation efforts forward by creating new tools and launching innovative programs. 

With increasing adoption of the new technologies, voice assistants from Amazon, Google and Apple have turned into household names.

Sylvia Romm, MD, left her role as chief innovation officer at Atlantic Health System to focus on her role as interim health lead of virtual care at digital health company Cityblock Health.

Daniel Durand, MD, chief innovation officer of Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health, traces his passion for health IT to the beginning of his residency training two decades ago as he dealt with frustrations of paper charting and tech inefficiencies.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has pushed forward telehealth expansions and vaccine research during the COVID-19 pandemic by tapping into the innovative mindsets of its physicians to build on its digital transformation framework, according to Keith Bachman, MD.

The Defense Innovation Unit selected Google Cloud to develop a prototype for an artificial intelligence-enabled digital pathology tool that will help Military Health System physicians with cancer detection tasks.

Houston Methodist is teaming up with Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, to collaborate on medical innovation initiatives as well as continuing education and training for healthcare professionals. 

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

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital researchers created an automated deep learning model that can predict a patient's likelihood of developing lung cancer within the next 12 years, according to a Sept. 1 study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

When the COVID-19 virus hit Montefiore Health System, the New York City-based health system rapidly rolled out initiatives including telehealth visits, patient-facing chatbots and contactless care.