Innovation, Local Persistence

Danny van Leeuwen Health Hats
5 min readOct 4, 2021
Photo by Ross Findon on Unsplash

Innovation is not like switching on a lightbulb for the world. Rather it’s local iterative, persistent steps. Thoughts from the Patient Experience Symposium.

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As I left the Patient Experience Symposium in Boston, (Yes, an in-person conference. How weird!) I felt schizophrenic. On the one hand, has the healthcare industry progressed at all hardwiring the improvement of patient…

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Danny van Leeuwen Health Hats

Empowering people traveling together toward best health. Pt with MS, care partner, nurse, informaticist, leader. Focusing on learning what works for people