CyberHealth Strategic Alliance
The CyberHealth Strategic Alliance will drive cyberhealth innovation and research and create workforce and economic development for South Dakota.
A unique partnership between Dakota State University and Sanford Health, the Cyberhealth Alliance will pioneer cyberhealth innovations, education, research, and application. It will pull together the expertise, skills, and interests of professionals in both organizations who are eager to solve specific types of problems or advance certain innovations in these fields and others.
Initially, the Alliance will focus on a number of Sanford’s and DSU’s well-matched present needs and interests:
- Talent acquisition, development and retention – student enrichment opportunities, cyber executive education to enhance the pipeline and attract world-class talent
- Collaborative research to drive operational excellence including creation of a state-of-the-art healthcare technology and cybersecurity operations center as a model for healthcare nationwide
- Health data research to uncover new patterns of clinical significance, including the use of artificial intelligence, predictive analysis and machine learning to advance the pace of healthcare innovations
- A Cyber Solutions Accelerator Lab, only the third in the nation, designed as a destination for testing and proving technology capabilities to solve real-world problems
- Incubation and support of early start up and technology innovation companies to improve healthcare delivery across the spectrum
- Exploration of a leading data science program focused on sports medicine and athletics for injury prevention and athletic performance
The CyberHealth Strategic Alliance Steering Committee:
José-Marie Griffiths, President, Dakota State University
Matt Hocks, Chief Operating Officer, Sanford Health
Brad Reimer, Senior Executive Director – Technology Services, Sanford Health
Dave Link, Program Director, Dakota State University
Barb Stork, Regent, South Dakota Board of Regents
Bob Mundt, President & CEO, Sioux Falls Development Foundation
Steve Westra, Commissioner, Governor’s Office of Economic Development