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Innovation in health care: An interview with the CEO of the Cleveland Clinic

• With costs skyrocketing and demand on the uptick, health care promises to be a major issue in the upcoming US presidential election.
• Yet health care providers and CEOs across the board shouldn’t wait for a single political solution. They can use their positions to begin to prevent disease and reduce the burden on the health care system by tackling major public health issues—such as eliminating smoking, reducing consumption of fatty foods, and improving general health.
• So argues Cleveland Clinic CEO Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, a longtime cardiac surgeon with a growing track record of tackling controversial challenges head on. In addition to prevention, Cosgrove also discusses the clinic’s role in sharing with the world its innovation: in health care products, transparency in records and performance measurement, and ways to improve the patient experience.