Horizons of Change: Exploring Social Impact Innovation in Health Care

Today, I’m honored to lead the amazing students of the Executive Masters of Science in Health Systems Administration Program at Georgetown University in kicking off a new experiential course on Social Impact Innovation (EHSY 725-01). Our pioneering work will explore how new structures for supporting change can be applied to vexing challenges in health care […]
Celebrating Co-Design Procurement Innovation at MaRS Discovery District

An amazing array of talent was gathered today and engaged in high-powered discussions at the launch of MaRS 2nd cohort of Co-Design Procurement Teams aiming to solve important health care delivery challenges. MARS is a regional non-profit innovation hub in Toronto that is playing a huge role in supporting health care innovators in Ontario, Canada, […]
Innovation Mojo @ Georgetown: Tomorrow’s Health Systems Leadership. Today.

“Massive changes ahead.” Those words are found on the street signs of every path leading to the future of America’s health care delivery enterprise. Preparing for the transformation to value-based payment, dominance of data and information technology, rise of designer patient care experiences, and intense pressures to adopt emerging medical technologies, are just a few […]
Brazil’s Planning for Public Health Improvement through Uses of Data, Technology, and Care Delivery Innovation

This week I participated in a series of meetings on health care innovation at various agencies in the Government of Brazil and health care leaders at the invitation of the Brazil-US Business Council. Yesterday, I had the honor to speak at a public Congressional Hearing in Brasilia on Public Health and Technology sponsored by several […]
Searching for Measures of Your Innovation Initiatives? Look Here for Some Clues.
Often organizations seeking to create a culture of innovation to enhance their performance will look for ways to assess that the methods that they are using are making a difference. Clearly, organizations that enact new products and services can easily determine impact through key performance indicators or financial indicators of their business. However, for organizations […]
Health Datapalooza 2017 – The Data Revolution Rolls On
The 8th annual Health Datapalooza returns on April 26 – 28 and offers a re-imagined vision of health and health care through the lens of data. In years past, Health Datapalooza has set its sights on health-care startups, apps, big data, electronic health records – you name it – but the main thrust was always […]
Tracking transplant organs like mail, and other HHS innovations
There’s no rule that says innovations have to come from within their own industries. In fact, one agency is finding that the opposite is true. One program that came out of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Idea Lab originated with a former employee of UPS. Read more and listen to Greg’s interview.
Seeking Public Input on the HHS Open Government Plan for 2016–2018
One of the roles that the IDEA Lab and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer perform to serve the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) community, our stakeholders, and the public, is that of a ‘virtual village square’ to promote engagement of new ideas about how we do the people’s business. Nearly […]