Crafting strategic and beneficial partnerships with big technology companies has been an important aspect of the CIO's role for the past several years, and the pandemic emphasized the need to sharpen those relationships going forward.

A group of New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University launched the Telehealth Access for Seniors program in March, which has since grown to 26 states and delivered devices to more than 1,000 seniors, according to local ABC affiliate WNTH.

The pandemic caused a seismic shift in priorities and decision-making processes for health system executives. However, it isn't the only factor affecting trends for chief medical information officers.

For many health systems, the chief medical information officer role was given to the physicians most interested in technology to serve as a liaison between the IT administrative teams and clinical physician teams.

George Washington University Hospital is expanding a virtual reality project to create 27 different interactive models that present a 360-degree view of COVID-19 patients' lungs, according to local ABC affiliate WJLA.

The Collective and Augmented Intelligence Against COVID-19 alliance is developing a database to help global agencies including the World Health Organization with coronavirus research and tracking initiatives, according to The Wall Street Journal.  

Here are nine key quotes about the role of innovation in healthcare that executives from hospitals and health systems across the country shared with Becker's Hospital Review in July:

Boston-based nonprofit health system Mass General Brigham has developed a visualized data dashboard to better understand the racial disparities surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Harvard Business Review.

To the array of shocking statistics on the effects of the coronavirus, we can add this: in the first two months of the outbreak, hospital volumes declined by an average of 56 percent.

In a recent press release, NTT DATA Services, a recognized leader in global technology services, announced a new alliance with Teladoc Health, R1 RCM, Enli and VisitPay to build Nucleus for Healthcare, a framework that incorporates best-in-class solutions to help…