A former leader with the Providence Digital Innovation Group left the health system for Facebook.

The pandemic accelerated adoption of telehealth, remote monitoring and digital health capabilities by nearly a decade for some organizations.

Digital health deals and activities have seen a lot of traction recently in response to accelerated telehealth adoption and usage due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rapid technology advancement and adoption during the pandemic and consumer expectations will shape healthcare delivery over the next five years.

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock received a multimillion-dollar grant to establish a national research center that will examine digital health in rural areas, according to a report from Paragould Daily Press.

Hospital innovation executives didn't land their roles by being professionally complacent; in fact, they are usually curious people with a drive to improve themselves as well as their organizations.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence appointed two executives as entrepreneurs-in-residence with its Digital Innovation Group to lead further development of its digital health spinout, DexCare.

Early-stage cancer detection startup Grail, which has investors including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has filed to go public, according to a Sept. 9 CNBC report. 

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are pushing digital transformation efforts forward by creating new tools and launching innovative programs. 

With increasing adoption of the new technologies, voice assistants from Amazon, Google and Apple have turned into household names.

Behavioral health provider Magellan teamed up with Livongo, a digital health company in the process of being acquired by Teladoc, to improve access to behavioral health.

Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center partnered with technology-powered primary care organization One Medical as part of the system's digital transformation.

Walgreens Center for Health & Wellbeing Research, launched in 2017, employs more than 25 healthcare researchers, data scientists, clinicians, statisticians, actuaries and business partners to measure the effectiveness of its programs.

Janssen, Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceutical arm, launched a nine-month digital health startup accelerator focusing on predictive diagnostic models and treatment management devices.

Sylvia Romm, MD, left her role as chief innovation officer at Atlantic Health System to focus on her role as interim health lead of virtual care at digital health company Cityblock Health.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is spearheading a new digital health accelerator that will link 26 hospitals across the U.S., U.K. and Australia with 10 tech companies focused on increasing digital innovations in pediatric healthcare. 

Daniel Durand, MD, chief innovation officer of Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health, traces his passion for health IT to the beginning of his residency training two decades ago as he dealt with frustrations of paper charting and tech inefficiencies.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has pushed forward telehealth expansions and vaccine research during the COVID-19 pandemic by tapping into the innovative mindsets of its physicians to build on its digital transformation framework, according to Keith Bachman, MD.

Waystar announced Sept. 3 a new partnership with patient engagement and payment platform Cedar to offer patients pre-visit price estimates and payment options. 

St. Louis-based insurer Centene led a recent $33.5 million funding round for pediatric telemedicine startup Hazel Health, according to a Sept. 1 CNBC report.