Advancing the Pace of Healthcare Innovation with Dr. Toby Cosgrove
Dr. Toby Cosgrove is one of the great leaders and innovators in American medicine. Born in 1940, Dr. Cosgrove is a Vietnam War veteran and former heart surgeon who served as President and Chief Executive of the Cleveland Clinic from 2004 until 2017. Today, we discuss the valuable leadership lessons that Dr. Cosgrove has learned in his 40+ years in the industry and some of the opportunities that COVID created for important innovations when it comes to medical education and training. We also reflect on why the pace of innovation is so slow in the United States and what Dr. Cosgrove believes can be done to solve this issue, including embracing telehealth and other technological advancements. Dr. Cosgrove embodies how you can lead in the area of “winning on the high road,” which involves not only having extraordinary ambition and building a successful career but maintaining a high level of excellence, humility, and self-awareness along the way. For important insights into advancing the pace of healthcare innovation in the US, you won’t want to miss today’s episode!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Dr. Cosgrove shares his perspective on the role of teamwork in healthcare.
- Using technology to tackle burnout and high demand for healthcare workers.
- Important innovations in medical education and training.
- Benefits of active recruitment, as demonstrated by Cleveland Clinic’s summer program.
- Reflections on how telehealth has evolved and the slow pace of innovation in the US.
- How the medical profession trains innovation and originality out of healthcare leaders.
- Viewing the home as an important venue of care in the future.
- Dr. Cosgrove’s focus going forward, namely bringing new technologies to healthcare.
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