University Hospitals in Cleveland rolled out a new system that allows patients to virtually check in and wait for their appointments without physically entering the facility waiting room, according to an Oct. 21 news release. 

The most recent iterations of EHRs focused on value-based care and population health, but in 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare organizations to reevaluate their digital priorities to emphasize patient access, engagement and digital transformation.

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare has developed an Alexa skill for home health.

Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., received $5 million from Boeing for its new research and innovation campus, the hospital announced Oct. 20.

Lyra Health, a $1.1 billion health startup that sells employee mental health services to businesses, is teaming up with mobile mediation app Calm, according to an Oct. 20 CNBC report.

Deloitte is rolling out a new tool for its digital health platform ConvergeHealth MyPath that allows providers to expand remote care services via virtual delivery. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed telehealth and remote work capabilities to the forefront of health systems' agendas, according to KLAS Research. 

Renton, Wash.-based Providence CEO Rod Hochman, MD, recently blogged about the factors driving healthcare transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

When new digital technologies and data-driven systems are introduced in the healthcare industry, they are often referred to as "disruptors" or a "disruption." These terms can get thrown around pretty frequently in conversations about healthcare innovation, but it can often be unclear — to patients and hospital executives alike — what the term actually means.

Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J., is partnering with Ramat Gan, Israel-based Sheba Medical Center to create new telemedicine and digital health products and technologies, according to an Oct. 18 Times of Israel report.

Amazon Web Services, Accenture and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. entered into a strategic agreement to modernize Takeda's digital platforms and grow the company's data services.

Children's Mercy Kansas City is partnering with biotechnology company Pacific Biosciences of California and Microsoft on a genomic research and tech development project to combat rare diseases.

Phoenix-based Banner Health named former Target executive Christy Anderson executive director of its innovation group in 2017, and since then she has overhauled how the system approaches innovation, according to a Business Insider report.

Banner Health will implement Innovaccer's interoperability platform as part of its patient data consolidation strategy, according to an Oct. 15 news release.

Avia, a Chicago-based digital health network for healthcare organizations, recently renewed and formed new partnerships with health systems including Geisinger and OSF HealthCare, according to an Oct. 14 news release. 

Alistair Erskine, MD, is the chief digital health officer at Mass General Brigham in Boston, responsible for the health system's data management.

Transitioning from a reactive to proactive care strategy requires hospitals and health systems to embrace digital transformation and roll out new capabilities that tailor care and communications to individual patient preferences.

As Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's first chief digital officer and health of technology, Claus Torp Jensen, PhD, oversees the New York City-based organization's digital transformation and data strategies.

Cleveland Clinic is working with a group of tech companies including Navenio, IBM and Deloitte to implement an indoor GPS system for caregivers across its new London hospital campus, according to an Oct. 13 news release. 

Comcast and Independence Health Group, the parent company of Independence Blue Cross, are expanding their digital health joint venture Quil through the launch of a new in-home health monitoring platform for seniors, per an Oct. 12 news release.