Toby Cosgrove Appointed as an Advisor to Google Cloud; Where Is Google Headed?

Dr. Delos"Toby" Cosgrove who stepped down as CEO of the Cleveland Clnic in May, 2017, has been appointed as an executive advisor to the Google Cloud team (see:Toby Cosgrove joins Google Cloud). This may be mainly a ceremonial appointment or Google may be seeking to gain expertise from him regarding the relevance of the cloud for the future of healthcare. Below is an excerpt from the article:[Gregory] Moore,...[Vice President of Healthcare], noted that Cosgrove would take on the challenges of the Triple Aim, a framework aimed at improving the patient care experience, improving population health and reducing the per capita cost of healthcare. To those efforts, Moore adds a fourth objective: the Quadruple Aim of improving the work experience of clinicians and staff. According to the Annals of Internal Medicine, for every hour a physician spends with a patient, they spend two hours on related administrative tasks.....Moore added. Cosgrove, 78, stepped down as the Cleveland Clinic ’s CEO in May 2017, after having led the renowned health system for 13 years.....As president and CEO at Cleveland Clinic, he initiated and drove major initiatives, such as creating best practices in healthcare, ramping up focus on patient outcomes and improving patient experience. As Moore sees it, moving to the cloud is one of the best ways to achieve critical healthcare goals. For example, Google Cloud ’s work with theColorado Center for Personalized Medicine (CCPM) and Healt...
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