Innovation

One of the reasons Lisa Prasad, vice president and chief innovation officer at Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System, enjoys her job is that it presents "limitless" opportunities, with new challenges constantly emerging.

Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health is partnering with Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, to launch a new incubator for startup companies developing healthcare technologies and innovations.

Nashville-based HCA Healthcare established a COVID-19 data research initiative Jan. 26 focused on improving hospital care and public knowledge on the novel coronavirus alongside partners including Johns Hopkins and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has paved the way for expansions in telehealth and other digital health technologies, some hospitals and health systems have still run into big roadblocks when it comes to innovation initiatives.

Cleveland Clinic will launch a new infectious disease research center through the new $500 million Cleveland Innovation District backed by the state of Ohio and JobsOhio.

From their thoughts on automated data collection to insight about what IT improvements are needed to expedite the COVID-19 vaccine rollout process, here are eight key quotes about the role of innovation in healthcare that executives from hospitals and health…

Tom Andriola, vice chancellor of IT and data at UC Irvine, has been involved with innovative technology initiatives his entire career, experience that served him well as he architected the IT improvements UC Irvine needed to respond to the pandemic.

Joel Klein, MD, senior vice president and CIO of University of Maryland Medical System, joined the Becker's Healthcare Podcast to share his key priorities in the coming year and discuss the role of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

For Daniel Durand, MD, chief innovation officer of Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health, the silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the shift in healthcare delivery and biomedical research fueling innovation growth over the past year.

Pankaj Jandwani, MD, an experienced physician and the chief innovation officer at Midland, Mich.-based MidMichigan Health, has been with the health system for over 20 years.