Becker's Healthcare September 27, 2021
Each health system has a different mission, budget, leadership team and population to serve. Because of this, innovation strategies vary from system to system. Below, nine hospital executives share the motto or idea that guides their organization’s innovation strategy.
Editor’s note: Responses have been edited lightly for clarity and style.
Kolaleh Eskandanian, PhD. Chief Innovation Officer at Children’s National Hospital (Washington, D.C.). The motto that guides Children’s National Hospital’s innovation strategy is “to improve pediatric health challenges.” Innovation is a key pillar of Children’s National’s mission to improve health outcomes for children, everywhere. At Children’s National, we define innovation as novel therapies, diagnostics, medical products and care models that offer solutions to pediatric health challenges. This very crystal-clear definition of...