Healthcare Finance News January 25, 2023
An innovation culture at Sheba Medical Center has produced efficiencies and cost savings.
Sheba Medical Center is focused on using artificial intelligence to turn around statistics on patient safety.
“In terms of patient safety, we’ve made no progress over the past 30 years,” said Prof. Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, chief transformation and innovation officer at Sheba Medical Center, located on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.
After seeing a report on these findings, Zimlichman said he and his team realized two things: It was a huge challenge; and they had “no clue how to handle” it.
Zimlichman, who has also served as the health system’s CMO since 2017, turned to digital health technology to tackle patient safety.
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