Sarah Pletcher

Dr. Sarah Pletcher is the chief digital health officer and system vice president for strategic innovation at Houston Methodist. In this role, she leads the health system on strategy, development, acceleration, and execution of new care models and digital health innovations that are transforming the health system into the next decade.

Prior to joining Houston Methodist, Dr. Pletcher was the founder of the Centers for Connected Care and Telehealth at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, where she led the health system in the selection and implementation of new strategies utilizing telehealth technology platforms. Dr. Pletcher also successfully developed new clinical products and telemedicine programs across multiple specialties and multiple care settings. As a consultant, Dr. Pletcher has also advised health systems, policy makers and investors about disruptive technologies and new business models that can provide value in serving populations. She is frequently sought as a thought leader and invited speaker in areas of telemedicine, virtual care, remote patient monitoring, AI, hospital at home, mobile health and many other innovations in care delivery. Dr. Pletcher’s distinguished career includes quality and process improvement, education innovation, and network/program development, and she’s been a principal investigator on more than $100M in grant and philanthropic funding to advance these initiatives.