With patient visitation policies limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System created a program that displays cards of support on patient televisions and on public digital displays throughout its hospitals.

The FDA launched its Digital Health Center of Excellence Sept. 22 to foster healthcare innovation research and create strategic initiatives for digital health technologies.

NYU Langone Health had been preparing telehealth technologies and infrastructure for its diabetes patients prior to COVID-19 but switched primarily to video visits when the pandemic accelerated earlier this year.

From their thoughts on artificial intelligence's potential to optimize clinical workflows to their insight about how the pandemic is changing patient demands, here are 10 key quotes about the role of innovation in healthcare that executives from hospitals and health…

Amazon is scaling up its virtual medical clinic for employees by rolling out services to facilities beyond the Seattle area, according to a Sept. 22 CNBC report.

"For our patients in the COVID-19 pandemic, we didn't have the luxury of time. We knew we needed to act faster." Dr. Douglas Corwin: Pulmonary and Critical Care specialist, St. Luke’s University Health Network. 

Cerner said it will integrate advance care planning tech provider Vynca's solution with its Millennium EHR to help clinicians streamline patient health information with their end-of-life care preferences. 

The Spokane (Wash.) Regional Health District posted a notice Sept. 21 stating that it accidentally disclosed personal health information, including COVID-19 test results and hospitalizations. 

Among nurses experiencing burnout, about 37 percent attribute it in some capacity to the EHR or other IT tools affecting their efficiency and ability to deliver quality care, according to a recent KLAS Research report. 

Amazon integrated thousands more health questions into Alexa through a collaboration with Sharecare.