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Innovative Hospital Solutions to Address Health Care Challenges
The AHA and Concord Health Partners invest in growth-stage companies that offer promise for health care transformation.
In 2019, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and Concord formed a strategic partnership enabling Concord’s team of health care investment professionals to understand key challenges and top priorities the AHA and its members face while identifying best-in-class companies with relevant, high-impact solutions. The AHA collaborated with Concord and its portfolio companies to compile this collection of resources, with the aim of providing AHA members with more information about innovative solutions addressing these key issues.
AHA members that have joined in the adoption of these innovative solutions include:
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Innovation at Work
Read on to discover how the solutions and services offered by AHA Innovation Fund companies are making a difference for AHA member hospitals and health systems.
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Geisinger’s Behavioral Health Care Transformation
Learn how Iris Telehealth helped Geisinger Health dramatically reduce its referral queue of behavioral health patients waiting for care at-scale.
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ScionHealth Breaks Down Care Barriers with CRM
ScionHealth partnered with Loyal to interact with its patient population more easily via email and SMS, pushing appointment reminders and scheduling prompts.
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Advocate Manages Hospital Stays and ED Visits
Advocate Aurora saw a significant decrease in hospital stays and ED visits by implementing remote patient monitoring with VitalTech.
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RWJ Barnabas Health Improves Healthcare IoT Security with Zero Patient Care Disruption
RWJB partnered with Cylera to deliver a solution that provided full, centralized inventory visibility and device security across their entire network of healthcare IoT and connected medical devices.
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Streamlining Clinical Workflows With AI
Demonstrating AI's potential to improve operational efficiency and patient care, a top hospital became a pioneer in applying generative AI at scale with Pieces Technology.
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Strategies to Mitigate Health Inequity & Bias
There is increased recognition of the impact of structural racism and other biases on health care access and patient outcomes. This can be particularly devastating in EDs. Mednition addresses bias and inequity in care delivery.
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East Coast Health System Enhances Care Continuity
The health system saw an additional 37,000 referrals kept in-network when compared to the prior year after partnering with Clarify Health. Significantly improving its financial performance.
American Hospital Association Reports
Strategic Investment in Health Care Innovation
Through this series, Hospitals and health systems don’t have to fund innovation on their own. Often, partnering with specialists can be a sound strategy.