Mr. Kelly has led Mercy’s Office of Transformation for the last six years. In this role, he is responsible for leading and aligning business model transformation strategies and functions, including AI, data management and analytics, digital transformation, information technology, platform experience and technology partnerships. Under Mr. Kelly’s leadership, Mercy began working with Microsoft to use generative AI and other digital technologies to give caregivers more time to care for patients and improve the patient experience. Mercy also was an innovative, early adopter of ambient AI, bringing the advantage of breakthrough technology to clinician-patient interactions, resulting in a $5.7 million annual benefit and improvements in provider satisfaction. In addition, Mercy entered into a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic to analyze de-identified patient data to find new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent disease, providing better outcomes and lower costs of care. These partnerships have resulted in tens of millions of dollars in cost savings, put Mercy in the vanguard of precision medicine and earned the health system a spot on Fortune Magazine‘s 2023 “Most Innovative Companies” list. Mr. Kelly was selected as the 2019 “Healthcare Innovator of the Year” by The Millennium Alliance.
