During a recent virtual panel discussion, health system executives discussed what it should ideally look like when health system leaders come together to launch a digital project. They stressed it is vital to assemble a diversified decision-making team and that leaders should prioritize addressing the organization’s challenges and opportunities rather than being captivated by flashy new products.
Avia CEO Linda Finkel has had many conversations with health systems executives about why their technology initiatives haven’t gone as planned in the past. Based on these experiences, she has noticed four main reasons hospitals don’t see the results for which they were hoping — including not exercising enough scrutiny during the vendor selection process and failure to think about capability at scale.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
The initiative, which aims to pinpoint, develop and scale solutions to assist underserved patient populations, now has a grand total of 24 health system participants.
A total of 17 health systems will take part in the effort, which is co-led by Slavitt, who was the acting administrator of CMS under the Obama administration, and AVIA, an innovation network for hospitals and health systems.
At the AVIA Network Summit in Chicago, leaders from three healthcare organizations discussed how their institutions are leveraging technology for everything from urgent care to stroke care.
Andy Slavitt is joining forces with AVIA, an innovation network for hospitals and health systems, to work on the Medicaid Transformation Project, which will officially launch in September.
Executives from Imagine360, Verily, BrightInsight, Lantern, and Rhapsody shared their approaches to reducing healthcare costs and facilitating digital transformation.
By taking part in an AVIA cohort, Greenville Health System, a member of the AVIA Innovator Network, learned about Bright.md's SmartExam solution. The tool went live at GHS in April 2016.
During a January 17 live-streamed event at Chicago-based Matter, Ted Meisel, cofounder of both AVIA and WiserCare, shared stories from his background and a bit of advice based on all the hats he wears.
The Cedars-Sinai accelerator, which is powered by Techstars, announced its third cohort of startups this fall. Now, the 10 selected companies have unveiled deals and partnerships with various players in the healthcare space.
A recent survey from AVIA and the American Hospital Association zeroed in on how 317 hospital and health system leaders view digital innovation.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Some health systems are at the forefront of adopting digital technology to connect better with patients, deliver superior value and optimize their businesses overall.
Avia serves more as a testing ground and curator for digital health innovations than a traditional incubator or accelerator because it's backed by providers rather than entrepreneurs.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and AVIA have co-developed what they describe as a new platform to promote the adoption and use of “next generation” technologies among healthcare providers. The platform, called HX360, aims to include all types of technologies that could help with some of healthcare’s more vexing challenges, said DR. Roy […]
A new healthcare accelerator that will focus solely on connecting promising early stage companies with health systems has struck a partnership with HIMSS, has started scouting companies and will announce its first hospital partner in the coming months. The HIMSS13 conference is Avia’s coming-out party. The Chicago-based accelerator will serve as a matchmaker: It works […]