HealthsystemCIO.com March 11, 2020
Sylvia Romm, MD, Chief Innovation Officer, Atlantic Health System

Doctors are natural innovators, right?

We’ve worked really hard, are used to being the top of our class, and pull together (literally) lifesaving ideas day-in and day-out. Nurses and many other providers have the same storyline, with similar years of blood, sweat and tears, and a commitment to do the best by our patients, moving mountains on an hourly basis to make sure they are well taken care of and safe.

So why do I say that we have to up our innovation game?

Because the people who turn to us for care have the lowest confidence in a decade that we are putting them first.

Because two-thirds of people who file for bankruptcy cite medical issues as a key...

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