Top physicians and researchers presented transformative medical breakthroughs and a new award to recognize innovation in healthcare. In conjunction with the 2020 Medical Innovation Summit, Cleveland Clinic communicated the Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2021. Now in its 18th year, the annual Medical Innovation Summit will be hosted by Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the development and commercialization arm of Cleveland Clinic. Those innovative technologies were selected by a committee of Cleveland Clinic subject matter experts, led by Will Morris, M.D., executive medical director of Cleveland Clinic Innovations, and Akhil Saklecha, M.D., managing director of Cleveland Clinic Ventures. Gene Therapy for Hemoglobinopathies...

Telemedicine is the exchange of medical information from one location to another, using electronic communication pathways, for the health and education of the patient or health care provider, and with the goal of improving patient care” – American Telemedicine Association Information and Communication Technologies applied to healthcare have positively impacted the healthcare sector worldwide in the last decades. With the ICT revolution at the end of the 1990s, interest in Telemedicine resurfaced an innovation that will likely play an important role in the evolution and transformation of the healthcare system in the coming years. A key and disruptive piece, not...

Nowadays, most companies usually offer their employees health measures to ensure their well-being at work. However, in many cases, these measures are limited because they do not fully cover the needs of workers, managers, and owners. This happens because they usually do not have a more complete occupational prevention plan, many times leaders consider that the simple fact of having an occupational physician or medical insurance will be enough to cover the needs of their employees. However, there is a huge area for improving the health of human capital that can positively impact the performance of organizations. A healthy employee...