Anthem is extending its partnership with artificial intelligence platform doc.ai to help the Indianapolis-based payer grow its digital health offerings, according to a Sept. 29 news release.

Digital health company Twistle appointed two new medical directors to further strengthen its medical and surgical expertise.

The leaders who run digital transformation and innovation programs at hospitals and health systems know how much potential technology has to improve care delivery, but they also have the prudence to understand which areas of healthcare don't need digital intervention.

Houston Methodist is teaming up with One Medical, a tech-powered primary care organization, to scale its digital transformation efforts, according to a Sept. 30 news release.

New Hyde, N.Y.-based Northwell Health created a new predictive tool that can anticipate a spike in COVID-19 cases at its hospitals by mining user data patterns from the system's website, according to a Sept. 30 news release.

The Health Equity and Access Leadership Coalition, an initiative aimed at tackling health disparities via technology, formed Sept. 30. 

Hospital innovation executives know better than most people that smart applications of technology can save time and simplify processes — even to the point where users become reliant. 

From artificial intelligence and machine learning to wearables and chatbots, technology is transforming the way providers and patients engage with one another.

Sara Vaezy, the chief digital strategy and business development officer at Renton, Wash.-based Providence, has been exploring ways technology can drive better healthcare practices ever since she entered the professional world.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is using new robots controlled by patients to allow them to safely socialize and explore areas of its hospitals while staying physically isolated, according to a Sept. 28 WKMG report. 

The care patients receive at hospitals involves many complex facets with which they may not be familiar, sometimes leaving them feeling confused and helpless during their healthcare journeys.

Here are nine recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives accelerating digital transformation efforts at healthcare organizations.

Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, both in New York City, are teaming up to study the outcomes of patients with COVID-19 who are monitored at home using remote patient monitoring technologies versus patients who receive in-person care.

From Amazon and Google to Walmart and CVS, tech and retail giants are transforming the healthcare industry and fueling new needs for innovation.  

As CIO of Cleveland Clinic, Matthew Kull has led the health system's evolving digital transformation strategy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic since March.

Here are 11 recent partnerships between healthcare organizations and big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft. 

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network plans to transform its former Bellevue, Pa., hospital campus into a new biotechnology, biomedical and pharmaceutical innovation hub, according to a Sept. 25 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report. 

The New Orleans Bioinnovation Center recently received a $1.5 million grant to kick-start biotechnology job opportunities and innovation-based ventures across Louisiana. 

As chief innovation officer of Boston Children's Hospital, John Brownstein, PhD, became involved in health IT after following his interests in big data and its crossover with population health.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital signed a seven-year strategic partnership with Royal Philips to boost technological innovation.