Why do you think now is an important time for health care leaders to explore this program?

After years of substantial investments in digital technologies, advances in medical science, and the creation of new care delivery models, the healthcare system is still plagued with cost, quality, and access problems. Health care now faces additional challenges, including stressed human and financial resources, new market entrants such as technology-based innovators, as well as the recent proliferation of generative AI. Together, these challenges create a heightened sense of urgency for health care leaders to accelerate digital and organizational innovation and transformation. 

What is a key lesson you have seen participants take away from the program?

Program participants take away several important understandings from the program. For example, effective and sustainable innovation requires:

• Aligning the needs of providers, governments, patients/consumers, health plans, and life science and medical technology companies.
• Enhancing leadership skills such as developing high-performance teams, managing change, design thinking, and nurturing innovation.
• Learning from the strategies and efforts of colleagues from across the world.

How does your experience contribute to your role as faculty?

In my forty years in health care, I have had several leadership roles in healthcare. I have served as a CIO of a health system, a CEO of a business unit of a global health technology supplier, a health care technology regulator for the US federal government, a member of the faculty of three universities, and a board member of health care associations. Members of my family and myself have also been patients.

I bring these diverse experiences and perspectives, along with decades of executive education experience, to this program. Of course, I am joined by a world-class faculty and an amazing group of program students.