El Camino Hospital’s Fogarty Institute for Innovation (Mountain View, Calif.). Thomas Fogarty, MD, is widely known for inventing the embolectomy catheter, or balloon catheter, which was patented in 1969, but he also carried that same spirit of innovation to El Camino Hospital when he created the Fogarty Institute of Innovation in 2007. Alongside academic, clinical, corporate and government partners, FII serves as an incubator to help develop innovators’ ideas and products. Since its inception, FII has worked with 20 companies, five of which have spun off.
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At the Becker's 11th Annual IT + Revenue Cycle Conference: The Future of AI & Digital Health, taking place September 14–17 in Chicago, healthcare executives and digital leaders from across the country will come together to explore how AI, interoperability, cybersecurity, and revenue cycle innovation are transforming care delivery, strengthening financial performance, and driving the next era of digital health. Apply for complimentary registration now.

