This article was originally published by Fogarty Innovation.
It’s well known that the most successful innovations start with a deep understanding of a problem and take the needs of all stakeholders into account when developing a solution. With this as a foundation and a sustained lift from healthtech industry volunteers determined to make a difference, Diversity by Doing HealthTech (DxD), the initiative created by Stanford Biodesign and Fogarty Innovation five years ago to improve diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the health technology innovation ecosystem, is knocking it out of the park.