The Office of Health Care Innovation focuses on developing strategies to leverage technology and data to address issues within health care including increasing access, measuring care, improving efficiencies, and optimizing treatment delivery at both the individual and system levels.
Contact: Office of Health Care Innovation
C. Vaile Wright, PhD
Senior Director, Health Care Innovation
Vaile Wright is a licensed psychologist and researcher focusing on developing strategies to leverage technology and data to address issues within health care including increasing access, measuring care, and optimizing treatment delivery at both the individual and system levels. Wright has maintained an active line of research with peer-reviewed articles in journals including Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Law and Human Behavior, and the Journal of Traumatic Stress. As a spokesperson for APA, she has been interviewed by television, radio, print, and online media including CNN, NBC News, the Today Show, MSNBC, The Washington Post, and NPR on a range of topics including stress, politics, discrimination and harassment, COVID-19, serious mental illness, telehealth and technology, and access to mental health care. Wright received her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2007, and is licensed in the District of Columbia.
Leanna Fortunato, PhD
Director of Digital Health and Health Care Innovation
Leanna Fortunato is a licensed clinical psychologist with an interest in finding creative ways to harness technology to make high-quality mental health care more accessible and equitable for all. Fortunato supports OHCI’s efforts to operationalize strategies that promote practice innovation in the realms of digital mental health and measurement-based care. She has experience as a clinical administrator, practitioner, and consultant across a variety of settings including university-based mental healthcare, private practice, and digital mental health. Fortunato holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Eastern Michigan University and is licensed in Illinois and Virginia.
Aaron Jones, MA, PMP
Senior Project Manager, Health Care Innovation
Aaron Jones supports the operational, financial, and project management functions of the Health Care Innovation Office, including the operation of APA’s Mental and Behavioral Health Registry. He also conducts research for Digital Therapeutics and mHealth. Jones has multiple years of clinical research experience in neuroscience and psychiatry from the University of Maryland Psychiatric Research Center and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Jones hold a BS in psychology from Towson University and an MA in counseling psychology from Western Michigan University.