February 2023
Article
JAMA Health Forum

Maintaining Health Care Innovations After the Pandemic

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Barak D. Richman and Kevin A. Schulman

Format:Electronic
| Pages:3

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the worst failings of the health care system, but it also stimulated a flurry of innovations that could lead to a much-improved delivery system. These were innovations that were born out of necessity: telemedicine access and use skyrocketed, new hospital-at-home services emerged, ambulatory surgical centers expanded their menu of procedures, and a variety of novel therapeutics—such as widespread vaccine distribution, new medical diagnostics, and innovative monoclonal antibodies—were introduced. With the crisis now behind us, we are witnessing an attempted retrenchment from this spate of innovation. How can we retain the substantial, potentially transformational innovations that emerged during the pandemic? This article was among the most-read articles on JAMA Forum the week it was published.

Keywords

Health Care; Health Care Industry; Health Care Outcomes; Innovation; Innovation In Healthcare Delivery; COVID; COVID-19 Pandemic; Pandemics; Telemedicine; Telehealth; Ambulatory Care; Vaccines; Innovation and Invention; Change; Health Industry

Citation

Herzlinger, Regina E., Barak D. Richman, and Kevin A. Schulman. "Maintaining Health Care Innovations After the Pandemic." e225404. JAMA Health Forum 4, no. 2 (February 2023).