Innovation

Independence Blue Cross, the largest insurer in the southeastern Pennsylvania region, marked on Oct. 3 the grand opening of a new Center for Innovation at its Philadelphia headquarters.

Executives from hospitals and health systems across the country shared their expertise on the role of innovation with Becker's Hospital Review in September.

Andy Page, former president of digital health startups 23andMe and Livongo, joined Caption Health as CEO earlier this year, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company announced Oct. 1.

The U.S. has led the world in innovation since the end of World War II, but that dominance is now threatened by other nations' own skyrocketing investments in technology, according to a new report from the Aspen Cybersecurity Group.

Durham, N.C.-based Duke University and Duke Health announced Sept. 30 the launch of their new center to develop technologies for researching the human genome's connection with common diseases.

WakeMed Health & Hospitals implemented predictive analytics software from Pera Health, a software-as-a-service company, that sorts through EHR data to identify potential predictors for decline in a patient's health.

The Los Angeles-based University of Southern California will begin offering a health innovation minor in the spring 2020 semester, campus newspaper the Daily Trojan reports.

Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane announced on Oct. 1 three upcoming projects to expand its campus to accommodate growing innovation, research and collaboration efforts.

Ajax Health, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based startup, announced the close of a $100 million financing round for its third venture fund, which will be used to invest in other healthcare startups.

The National Institutes of Health distributed a total of $20 million to five proof-of-concept biomedical innovation centers, expanding its Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs program.