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	"Healthcare innovation may find a new set of key drivers in the years to come, and it should take a turn towards prevention. What is causing us to reset the focus and orientation of innovation? Consider the story of a women walking by the river, when she sees a man pulling people out of a raging stream. She joins him, both using their hands, then logs and finally making a human chain, but the drowning people keep coming down the stream as fast as they can pull them out. Finally, a man appears on the scene and then turns and walks away up the hill. 'Come back and help us?' they implore him. 'Where are you going?' He answers, 'To the top of the hill to stop whomever is pushing them in.'" -Elizabeth Cohn, Ph.D., R.N., Executive Director, Center for Health Innovation, Adelphi University
	"Research has found that on average, consumers need to wait 18.5 days before getting an appointment to see their physicians. Given the more than two-week wait time, eventually 42% of patients will decide to skip their appointments altogether..." Excerpted from: Healthcare Innovation News, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2016, "Resolving Patient No-Shows With Conversational Virtual Assistants" by Kathleen Schroeder
	U.S. Hospitals Engaging Only 2% of Patients via Mobile Apps, Accenture Finds Accenture, January 6, 2016
	Leaf Monitoring System Named One of the World's Most Innovative Wearables Leaf Healthcare Press Release, January 6, 2016
	Hospitals Respond to 'Alarm Fatigue' with Patient Monitoring Innovation FierceMedicalDevices, January 6, 2015
	Avera Health Joins The Innovation Institute The Innovation Institute Press Release, January 5, 2016
	Innovations in Health Care Delivery and the Future of Medicine JAMA, January 5, 2016 (Abstract)
	Mobile Stroke Units, Cybersecurity Top ECRI 2016 Innovation Watch List ECRI Press Release, January 4, 2016
	New Rules For Our Health’s Digital Future TechCrunch, January 2, 2016
	Resolving Patient No-Shows With Conversational Virtual Assistants by Kathleen Schroeder Industry News regarding the LifeVest wearable cardioverter defibrillator Thought Leaders' Corner: What Are the Key Drivers of Healthcare Innovation? Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Healthcare Innovation News, or find out more
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