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34 INNOVATION 10 top healthcare companies for innovation, per Drucker Institute By Morgan Haefner T en healthcare companies were ranked among the most innovative by the Drucker Institute, according to a ranking published in e Wall Street Journal. For its "Management Top 250" ranking, the Drucker Institute measures organizations in five areas: customer satisfaction, employee engagement and development, innovation, social responsibility, and financial strength. Here are the 10 healthcare organizations that received the highest marks for innovation: 1. Johnson & Johnson Overall rank: 9 2. Merck Overall rank: 11 3. Edwards Lifesciences Overall rank: 29 4. Medtronic Overall rank: 43 5. AbbVie Overall rank: 46 6. Abbott Laboratories Overall rank: 51 7. Pfizer Overall rank: 58 8. Intuitive Surgical Overall rank: 72 9. Danaher Overall rank: 137 10. Stryker Overall rank: 169 n A primer on Dr. B, the site matching Americans with leftover COVID-19 vaccine doses By Katie Adams Z ocdoc founder and former CEO Cyrus Massoumi launched Dr. B, a plat- form that matches Americans seeking COVID-19 vaccines with leftover doses so they don't go to waste, The New York Times reported March 9. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines must be administered within hours once they're taken out of ultralow-temperature storage, and leftover doses have often been going to grocery store shoppers or friends and family of pharmacy and medical staff. Dr. B seeks to bring more order to the country's extra dose allocations by match- ing them to people willing to receive one at a moment's notice. Users must respond to the notification that tells them there is an extra dose available for them within 15 minutes and be able to travel to the provider quickly. The service, which began in February, is free for both providers and vaccine seekers. The service sorts users by local vaccine priority guidelines, which gives pro- viders a better chance of administering extra shots to community members who have the greatest vulnerability. It is available to those who speak Span- ish and allows users to sign up on their friends' or family members' behalf, Mr. Massoumi told the Times. Two vaccine providers had started testing the service as of March 9, and 200 more had applied to use it. More than 500,000 vaccine seekers had submit- ted their personal information to the site by March 9, the Times reported. Mr. Massoumi got the idea for Dr. B in January and quickly began recruiting help. Engineers from now-defunct Haven work on the project, and Amazon has donated its web services, he told the Times. n Anthem teams up with EHR startup: 3 details By Jackie Drees I ndianapolis-based insurer Anthem inked a partnership with Canvas, an EHR and practice management platform, according to an April 8 news release. Three details: 1. Under the partnership, Anthem and Canvas will integrate their technol- ogies so that Anthem's machine learning insights can be delivered directly within Canvas' workflows. 2. Canvas also announced a $17 million funding round April 8 co-led by In- spired Capital and IA Ventures. 3. Canvas is designed to support all insurers simultaneously similar to how physician practices accept multiple insurance plans. "Our collaboration with Canvas brings the power of our digital health platform to independent physicians who are ready to accelerate their val- ue-based work to improve their patients' health and wellbeing," Anthem Chief Digital Officer Rajeev Ronanki said in the news release. n