New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has received a $10 million gift to create the Scott and Debby Rechler Center for Health Outcomes within the Institute of Health System Science at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research.
The Rechlers' gift will be used to develop large-scale data models and use artificial intelligence tools to identify healthcare disparities and patient risk factors to improve care. The gift will also establish the endowed Scott and Debby Rechler Professor of Health Outcomes and support the recruitment of a nationally recognized leader for the center.
"Medical research must be focused on creating a solution to a problem," Northwell President and CEO Michael Dowling said in a July 12 news release. "Scott and Debby's leadership support will allow us to address health disparities, overall and in specific communities, in a way that is not being done today and could save millions of lives each year."