Intel presents: Closing healthcare’s innovation gap

The Mayo Clinic-ASU Healthcare Accelerator Program bridges the gap between technological innovation and clinical practice by shifting from a "push" to a "pull" strategy. By embedding startups within the Mayo Clinic’s ecosystem, the program ensures solutions are validated against real-world clinical workflows, regulatory pathways, and reimbursement realities. Scaling these innovations requires a transition from cloud-only models to hybrid edge-to-cloud architectures, which minimize latency and bandwidth constraints while embedding intelligence directly into the point of care. Sustained industry participation, exemplified by Intel’s involvement, provides the technical depth and long-term commitment necessary to move beyond episodic pilots. Ultimately, success lies in creating an agentic health system where innovative tools become indispensable, friction-tested components of the care team, effectively increasing patient access and provider satisfaction while maintaining operational and financial viability.