By JESSICA DAMASSA, WTF HEALTH

Innovation in pediatric medicine requires a different approach than healthcare innovation aimed to help adults. Omkar Kulkarni, Chief Innovation Officer at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, explains some of the key differences healthcare innovators need to keep in mind when creating new health solutions for kids and their parents. A key area of focus for Children’s Hospital of LA? Understanding how to transcend the social determinants of health to help LA’s population of 2.5 million kids.

Filmed at the Together.Health Spring Summit at HIMSS 2019 in Orlando, Florida, February 2019.

Jessica DaMassa is the host of the WTF Health show & stars in Health in 2 Point 00 with Matthew Holt.

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