Duke Health leaders have selected ten high-potential innovation projects to be implemented as part of the Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI)’s annual call for project ideas in the areas of novel strategies to improve value of care delivery, advance health equity, amplify digital solutions for care and monitoring, strengthen provider and staff experience and well-being and enhance patient engagement and experience.
This is the eighth year that DIHI has funded projects through a call for innovation applications (RFA) across Duke Health. In addition to providing funding for these projects, DIHI will work with various Duke Health and Duke University partners to provide access to data, analytics, statistical analysis, machine learning and AI resources, while driving project and implementation management.
“The challenges we have faced over the past year have helped us re-focus our attention on finding new and innovative ways to advance care, improve lives and promote equity. The DIHI RFA taps into our incredibly talented faculty and staff who are motivated to seek solutions that address these issues,” said William J Fulkerson, M.D., Executive Vice President, Duke University Health System. “The projects selected this year offer the potential for changing how we deliver care, improving operations in some cases while re-imagining our approach to health and health equity in others,” he added.