Inception Radar
A dynamic resource for healthcare technology leaders to track and evaluate tools, platforms, and emerging concepts shaping the future of digital health.
Navigating the Future of Healthcare Technology
Healthcare is undergoing a digital transformation, and leaders are tasked with balancing emerging innovations against the realities of clinical and operational environments. The Inception Health Technology Radar is our response to this challenge—a dynamic resource designed to help health system technologists, CIOs, CDOs, and digital leaders track and evaluate the most relevant tools, platforms, and emerging concepts shaping the future of healthcare technology.
What is the Technology Radar?
The Technology Radar is a continuously evolving snapshot of digital tools, technologies, and frameworks that health systems should be assessing, trialing, or adopting. Unlike generic technology evaluations, our radar is uniquely healthcare-focused, addressing the specific needs of modernizing IT operations, optimizing workflows, and transitioning from legacy systems to next-generation solutions.
Four Core Categories
Organization & Management
Strategic concepts that reshape how healthcare technology is governed and implemented, including virtual nursing, product mindset, data mesh architecture, and continuous compliance.
Platforms
Foundational technologies that support digital transformation, such as enterprise data platforms, AI-driven clinical decision support, and FHIR-based interoperability frameworks.
Technology Evaluation Framework
Each technology on the radar is placed into one of four stages that guide implementation decisions:
- Hold – Not recommended due to challenges in implementation, security, or value realization
- Assess – Worth exploring but requires further validation before commitment
- Trial – Actively piloted with defined success criteria
- Adopt – Proven and ready for full-scale implementation
Why It Matters
The pace of innovation in healthcare is accelerating, and digital leaders must make informed decisions about which technologies to invest in. The Technology Radar provides a structured, strategic approach to evaluating solutions, ensuring that health systems stay ahead of trends while mitigating risks.
This initiative is not just about tracking tools—it's about fostering a conversation around digital transformation in healthcare. We encourage dialogue on LinkedIn and on our blog, where we explore trends in greater depth, share case studies, and discuss the implications of new technologies.
A Living Resource
Our goal is to maintain the Technology Radar as a living resource—continuously updated to reflect shifts in the industry and real-world implementation insights from our work at Froedtert ThedaCare and beyond.
We invite healthcare leaders, technologists, and innovators to explore the Technology Radar and contribute to the conversation. What technologies are you trialing? Which solutions are proving indispensable—or disappointing? Let's build the future of healthcare technology together.