Unleashing Innovation in Health | Stan Kachnowski & Gil Bashe

At the 2025 Global Health & Purpose Summit during New York City Health Innovation Week, HITLAB Chair Stan Kachnowski and FINN Partners' Gil Bashe explore how collaborative ecosystems drive transformative healthcare innovation. They emphasize New York City's strengths—including leading medical institutions, extensive lab infrastructure, sustainability, and safety—as vital to advancing health technology. The discussion underscores rigorous, evidence-based validation as critical to successful health innovation investments. Strategic partnerships with major corporations emerge as essential to ensuring meaningful outcomes. Ultimately, Kachnowski and Bashe advocate for health innovation integrated within urban and cultural life, highlighting collaborative leadership and strong evidence as crucial elements for enduring impact.