Name: Innovation Without Access Is Failure. Here’s Why.
Uploaded: 2025-05-08T13:30:06.000Z
Duration: 17
Description: Most health tech leaders think they understand access. Carissa Rollins actually lived it. Before becoming CIO at Illumina, she led at the largest payer in the...

Most health tech leaders think they understand access. Carissa Rollins actually lived it. Before becoming CIO at Illumina, she led at the largest payer in the country, sitting inside the machinery that decides who gets care, and who doesn’t. That experience gave her a reality check most tech executives never get. Today, she’s using it to bring a critical lens to genomic innovation and bridge the gap between what’s possible and what actually reaches patients.

In this episode of Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw, Carissa talks about how payer insight is shaping her leadership, why innovation without access falls flat, and what healthcare still gets wrong about system complexity.
Check out the full conversation to learn why her seat at the table is reshaping how genomic care scales—and who it serves.

This episode of Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw was recorded at the WBL Summit, a leadership, networking, and professional development conference for WBL members that takes place each spring.

WBL is a network of 1500+ senior executive women in healthcare who convene to share ideas, make valuable connections, and solve business challenges. WBL’s mission is to connect and support our members in advancing their careers and impact on our industry.

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