Healthcare Reimagined
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Healthcare Reimagined
Yoav Fisher - Head Of Technological Innovation and Digital Health, HealthIL
The fourth episode of season two of Healthcare Reimagined was recorded on December 28th, 2020. I interviewed Yoav Fisher, head of technological innovation and digital health for a nonprofit called HealthIL. Yoav and his team work with companies (both Healthcare providers and large companies) that are in need of technology to help them solve problems. Yoav helps them define their needs and challenges, and then helps match them with relevant startups. The challenge specific approach to innovation that HealthIL has adopted starts with a deep understanding of the problem. Only once the stakeholders truly understand the issue does Yoav match them with startups that might be able to help.
In March and April, Yoav screened 400 startups in Israel to see which ones could address the shifting needs of healthcare organizations in the wake of COVID. Ultimately, he found that 8% were viable, and 1/3 of those were immediately deployable.
Yoav doesn't just sit at the intersection of providers and startups. One of the less obvious parts of Yoav's job is what I would call innovation therapy. He works with providers to make sure they actually understand what they need and why they need it, and helps the relevant stakeholders come together to create an environment where innovation can thrive. Yoav will put people within a department of a Hospital in the same (virtual) room in order to categorize the different aspects of a challenge, as a means of determining what the most relevant solution might be. This means diving into the needs of each stakeholder, finding the overlap, and getting them to agree on exactly what it is they need and why they need it. Yoav also stressed the importance of the company searching for a solution having a mechanism in place for dealing with external innovation. Without that, even the perfect partner that solves their need exactly won't be able to help them.
You can contact Yoav online:
Email: yoavf@israelinnovation.org.il
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoav-fisher-47b31/