Cleveland Clinic names top medical innovations for 2016

A new system of producing vaccines to prevent deadly disease outbreaks was named the top medical innovation for 2016 Wednesday at Cleveland Clinic's annual Medical Innovation Summit. In the aftermath of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa – and deadly bacterial infection outbreaks in the United States – Cleveland Clinic doctors said stepped-up efforts to develop and distribute vaccines will make a huge difference in the coming year. "We've achieved a new level of sophistication in the area of vaccine development," said Dr. Steven Gordon, chair of the Department of Infectious Disease at Cleveland Clinic. "It was a global effort involving thousands of people, aided by information technology and instant communication."