Innovation

A lot has changed about Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the health system’s innovation and commercialization arm, over the past quarter-century. Founded in 2000, Cleveland Clinic Innovations has gone from focusing largely on medical devices to now digital health and therapeutics and…

Health systems are turning to data and analytics platforms to improve operational efficiencies, strengthen financial performance and boost patient care. For an April 30 report, health IT researcher KLAS Research surveyed dozens of healthcare organizations on how effective these solutions…

Health systems continue to partner with Big Tech companies on AI projects for physicians and nurses alike. Here are six collaborations Becker’s reported on in the past month: 1. Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center said April 22 it is…

Ambience Healthcare and Houston Methodist have launched a collaboration to bring AI to emergency departments and inpatient care, aiming to boost efficiency and improve patient care in two of healthcare’s most demanding settings. Emergency and inpatient clinicians face some of…

Doctors are natural problem solvers, doing this work daily as they care for patients. They are data-driven and passionate about achieving optimal outcomes. Creating healthcare solutions is central to Henry Ford Innovations’ (HFI) mission, which is why we consider Henry…

Health system executives have been talking about innovation for years – until it almost became a meaningless word. Some systems set up innovation departments and appointed leaders while others designed a cultural doctrine for innovation to permeate throughout the organization.…

Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health has launched a hospital-at-home program, WFLA reported. In the first week, the health system has treated nine patients at home, discharging four of them, according to the April 21 story. “This is extremely beneficial to patients,”…

Advocate Health has been aiming to take cognitive and documentation load off its nursing staff by implementing AI and virtual nursing. The Charlotte, N.C.-based health system recently launched Project Nursing, an ambient AI documentation tool from Microsoft for nurses, at…

Remote patient monitoring at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine has led to a $12 million return on investment from avoided hospitalizations, a new study found. Hospitalizations fell by 59% among patients in a remote patient monitoring program in the six months…

Healthcare organizations are increasingly seeking scalable solutions that improve access, boost efficiency and support workforce well-being. At Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, two such initiatives are reshaping care delivery: hospital-at-home and ambient AI documentation. As part of an enterprisewide care transformation strategy,…