Here are nine recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives accelerating digital transformation efforts at healthcare organizations.
1. UMass Memorial HealthtappedCurrent Health's remote care management platform to serve as the foundation of its hospital-at-home program.
2. Boston Children's Hospital, Google and Ariadne Labslauncheda new interactive, data-driven vaccine equity planning tool June 9 to help officials locate "vaccine deserts," or places with limited access to COVID-19 vaccines.
3. Health information management company Ciox Health and real-world health data company Datavantsigneda $7 billion merger agreement June 9.
4. The State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracusecompleteda yearlong project to test the use of drones in making medical deliveries. SUNY partnered with drone services company DroneUp and the Nuair Alliance, a nonprofit organization that tests unmanned aircraft systems, to pilot the technology.
5. With a $5 million grant from the Gates Foundation, Caption Health isbuildingartificial intelligence-guided software to take precise, real-time photos of the heart.
6. Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Hospital and Cerner arelaunchinga digital health innovation accelerator as part of the organizations' pediatric health IT institute.
7. Remote care monitoring platform Current Health is the latest organization tojoin移动Health Home, a healthcare coalition founded by Amazon Care, Intermountain and Ascension.
8. Walmart used the Vaccination Credential Initiative's SMART Health Cards standard todevelopa free digital wallet that people can use to store and share their health information, starting with the COVID-19 vaccine record.
9. The Department of Veterans AffairsselectedAT&T现代化其数据通信平台s to support digital capabilities across the VA's 1,255 healthcare facilities.