Ben Bridgewater

Ben Bridgewater is the Chief Executive Officer of Health Innovation Manchester, a position he has held since February 2018.16 He is a leading expert in health informatics, national clinical audit, clinical governance, healthcare transparency, patient experience measurement, and digital transformation in healthcare.12

Professional Background

Prior to his current role, Bridgewater had a distinguished career in both medicine and healthcare technology:

• He worked as a cardiac surgeon at the University Hospital of South Manchester for nearly 18 years until January 2016.14
• From 2016 to 2018, he worked for DXC Technology (formerly CSC), initially as the UK&I Director of Healthcare Strategy and later as the Director of the Healthcare and Lifesciences Global Build Advisory team.46
• He served as the Director of Outcomes Publication at the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) from 2013 to 2015.6

Academic and Research Contributions

Bridgewater has maintained strong ties to academia throughout his career:

• He holds an Honorary Professor position at Manchester Academic Health Science Centre since August 2012.6
• He has published numerous high-profile academic outputs and delivered innovative IT tools for disseminating clinical outcomes.12
• His research has focused on developing methodologies for analyzing and applying data to hypothesis testing, particularly in cardiac surgical outcomes.3

Achievements and Recognition

Bridgewater has been recognized for his contributions to healthcare:

• He was nominated by the Health Service Journal as one of the top 50 innovators in health in the UK in 2013 & 2014.3
• He played a pioneering role in opening up data about outcomes in cardiac surgery down to the level of individual surgeons.4
• His work with the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland has been associated with a greater than 50% reduction in risk-adjusted operative mortality over recent years.3

In his current role at Health Innovation Manchester, Bridgewater leads efforts to accelerate innovation into practice at pace and scale, aiming to transform the lives of Greater Manchester's 2.8 million citizens.25