Grand Rounds: Human-centric design and innovation in healthcare

Join us at noon on Friday, October 13, as David Grandy, VP in the Office of Transformation at Kaiser Permanente, joins us in the college to lead Grand Rounds. This event is free for all WMU students, staff, faculty and the broader community.

David will present for around 45 minutes with roughly 15 minutes of Q&A to follow. He'll discuss his health system background and his approach to leadership, combining strategy, operations and design in healthcare services. David can provide examples in food security, home-based services and values-based healthcare innovation critical to advancing health equity within a large healthcare system.

About David Grandy

David Grandy’s contributions to health care span more than 20 years. At Kaiser Permanente, he has worked with functional and regional leaders on projects aimed at transforming the delivery system: Reimagining Ambulatory Design, the Next Generation Medical Office Building, and the Focus Home national initiative. Earlier in his career, David was the clinical ethics officer of a major US health system. Thereafter, he worked in various operational leadership positions, managing both clinical and non-clinical functions within a nine-hospital health system.

David subsequently transitioned to a career in management consulting. Working at a global design practice, he traveled the world helping clients across various sectors drive human-centered innovation. David’s work is widely published, and he is a frequent speaker at national conferences. His teams have twice won Fast Company awards for design and innovation. In 2015, David was named to the HCD10 as one of the 10 most influential health care design professionals of the year.

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