The Future of Digital Transformation in Health Care: Harvard Medical School Talks with Industry Professionals

Industry professionals give insights on health care digital transformation

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Industry leaders are at the forefront of digital transformation in health care and play an important role in how it will drive product development, clinical care, research, and progress yet to be imagined.

 “Several factors are pushing providers toward a more organized and determined pursuit of digital transformation,” including quality, safety, and cost pressures; telehealth adoption; and AI and new opportunities, note John Glaser, PhD, and Stanley Shaw, MD, PhD, faculty leads at Harvard Medical School (HMS) Corporate Learning, in their paper titled "Digital Transformation Success: What Can Health Care Providers Learn from Other Industries?".

As a community of health care researchers, advocates, and leaders, it is crucial that we navigate this changing landscape successfully and develop the skills required to face these changes. Health care leaders who have successfully completed the HMS Global Health Care Leaders, Leading Digital Transformation in Health Care, and Accelerate/AccelerateEX programs recently shared their insights on how digital innovations will transform health care and those within the field. Here is some of what they had to say.

What are three ways digital innovations will transform health care?