From hospitals launching platforms to accelerate investments in maternal health to creating new telehealth programs for obstetrical care, here are three innovation projects health systems' have recently created and deployed:
- New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health partnered with startup studio Aegis Ventures, to launch a platform to create healthcare-focused AI companies. The platform, called Ascertain, plans to launch multiple companies in 2022 focusing on maternal health.
- Phoenix-based Banner Health is piloting the OB telehealth project, which aims to connect family physicians with obstetric privileges in rural areas with a specialist, whose sole focus is the care of women as they labor and deliver their newborns, via phone or telehealth.
- Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center is creating the Nebraska Center for Women's Health Research to promote and facilitate educational opportunities, provide a base of education for women's health issues and disparities, and a platform for nationally recognized experts to speak to researchers, educators, students and the community.