As part of his role at McLeod Health , Dr. Michael Rose, anesthesiologist and chief strategy and innovation officer, focuses on innovation that enables McLeod Health to deliver the right care to the right people in the most effective ways. With his highly collaborative focus, Dr. Rose helps to create, document and share best practice strategies throughout McLeod and other health systems, to continually identify commonalities and target innovation to specific challenges and strategic imperatives they share. Recently, Dr. Rose led the team receiving the Honorable Mention for the inaugural Surgical Performance Excellence in Supply Chain Award by Healthcare Purchasing News.