The Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) has announced support for 11 high-potential innovation projects, including two led by Duke Neurosurgery faculty.
The projects focus on novel strategies to improve value of care delivery, enhancing provider and staff experience and well-being, enhancing patient engagement and experience, and accelerating population health solutions and strategies.
“In the rapidly changing health care environment we need to leverage the talent and creative thinking at Duke to deliver care and improve health in new and innovative ways now more than ever,” said William Fulkerson, MD, executive vice president of the Duke University Health System and executive director of DIHI. “The exceptional quality of applications this year speaks to the collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to health care improvement championed by our providers, staff and trainees at Duke Health."
2020 DIHI Innovation Projects Led by Duke Neurosurgery Investigators:
Transforming Epilepsy Surgery with Augmented Reality
Muhammad Zafar, MD; Abhi Kapuria, MD; and Matthew Vestal, MD, MBA
A predictive model for assisted triage of traumatic brain injury
Timothy Dunn, PhD; Mike Haglund, MD, PhD; Anthony Fuller, MD; Brian Burrows, MD; Steven Cook, MD; and David Carlson, PhD
Photos, left to right: Matthew Vestal, Mike Haglund, Anthony Fuller, Steven Cook