Top 25 Innovators - 2021

COVID led the industry to experiment with innovations that can reshape how care is delivered. The members of this year’s class of Top 25 Innovators have introduced ideas that engage consumers in new ways, lower healthcare costs and take unique approaches to managing population health. The honorees were chosen for their work in one of four areas: consumerism, cost reduction, population health and quality/safety. They were selected from nearly 200 nominations.
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Consumerism
Executive vice president and enterprise chief communications officer
Nemours Children’s Health System
Cost reduction
Associate vice president, surgical and procedural services
Lakeland Regional Health
Population health
Senior vice president of population health
Temple University Health System
Consumerism
Executive vice president and chief strategy and innovation officer
Ascension
Safety & quality
Director of the Institute of Health System Science
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health
Population health
Director and chief of the Warriors Research Institute
Baylor Scott & White Health
Population health
Senior vice president and chief strategy officer
Intermountain Healthcare
Cost reduction
Quality assurance and compliance manager, revenue cycle support services
University of Utah Health
Safety & quality
Surgical director of heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support
NYU Langone Transplant Institute
Population health
Director of the Genomic Medicine Center
Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Consumerism
Chief scientific officer and senior vice president
Hackensack Meridian Health’s Center for Discovery and Innovation
Population health
Vice president of Bold Goal and population health strategy
Humana
Safety & quality
Chief clinical officer, senior vice president and general manager, clinical quality analytics
Health Catalyst
Safety & quality
Senior vice president of care transformation and innovation
HCA Healthcare