David Danhauer, MD, serves as Chief Medical Information Officer and Vice President for Owensboro Health.
On May 2nd, Dr. Danhauer will serve on the panel "Telehealth Strategies for Rural/Community Hospitals" at Becker's Health IT + Clinical Leadership + Pharmacy conference. As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the conference, which will take place May 2-4, 2019 in Chicago.
To learn more about the conference and Dr. Danhauer's session, click here.
Question: What do innovators/entrepreneurs from outside healthcare need to better understand about hospital and health system leaders?
David Danhauer: Regulatory burden, financial uncertainty and overall complexity of the healthcare industry makes it difficult to work with those individuals without healthcare background.
Q: Healthcare takes a lot of heat for not innovating quickly. What’s your take on this?
DD: Innovation is costly and dangerous when patients are involved.
Q: Can you share some praise with us about people you work with? What does greatness look like to you when it comes to your team?
DD: I get the opportunity to work with the best and brightest team every day. I am in awe of their abilities to comprehend issues and work together to come up with solutions. I look forward to sitting in complex meetings and decisively move initiatives forward for the organization.