Innovation

New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine on Aug. 27 appointed John Leonard, MD, to senior associate dean for innovation and initiatives. 

Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health is gathering data from several resources including Facebook to better monitor North Carolinians social interactions and predict future COVID-19 cases across the state, according to CBS affiliate WFMY.

The Defense Health Agency and Department of Defense Innovation Unit are working to train artificial intelligence tech to identify cancers and other medical irregularities in medical images, according to an Aug. 24 DOD news post.

Here are 13 key quotes about the role of innovation in healthcare that executives from hospitals and health systems across the country shared with Becker's Hospital Review in August:

Digital transformation efforts spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic should not end once there is a vaccine or definitive treatment, according to Mayo Clinic CEO Gianrico Farrugia, MD. 

Santa Maria, Calif.-based Marian Regional Medical Center Foundation received a $2 million gift to support technology and innovation.

Healthcare technology often suffers from a "Goldilocks problem." Sometimes solutions are too narrowly focused. Sometimes they are too broad to be effective. At their worst, tech can miss the mark and add to the noise of healthcare delivery.

Researchers at NYU Langone Health and Facebook's artificial intelligence division have teamed up to develop an AI model that uses less data and creates images faster than traditional MRI techniques, according to an Aug. 18 Wall Street Journal report. 

Here are eight recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives accelerating digital transformation efforts at healthcare organizations.

Lisa Prasad, vice president and chief innovation officer at Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System, learns something new every day in her position, a job she believes presents "limitless" opportunities.