Medical innovations from 15 companies were showcased, along with two startup companies, during Premier's annual Innovation Celebration this week.
"The Innovation Celebration helps to fuel the pace of change in healthcare by bringing together forward-thinking innovators with industry-leading experts nationwide," Michael Alkire, COO of Premier, said. "This event honors visionary disruptors that have created breakthrough medical inventions to improve care quality while reducing total costs. We're thrilled to provide a platform that exposes these new solutions that accelerate healthcare transformation and achieve our shared goal of improving the health of communities."
The 15 participants and their innovations are listed below in alphabetical order.
- 3M — Cavilon Advanced Skin Protectant
- Abbott/St. Jude Medical — Amplatzer PFO Occluder
- Carestream Health — Carestream OnSight 3D Extremity System
- CarePICS — CarePICS Remote Clinical Imagery System
- Grifols Diagnostic Solutions — Helios IFA Processor
- Instrumentation Laboratory — HemosIL HIT-Ab
- Invuity — PhotonBlade
- Hill Rom — Welch Allyn RetinaVue 100 Imager
- Karl Storz Endoscopy-America — Blue Light Cystoscopy with Cysview
- Medtronic — Micra Transcatheter Pacing System
- Olympus — Contained Tissue Extraction System
- ReavillMED — Magnificent 7 with Quick Draw
- Scientific Analytics — DARI Motion Health
- Siemens Healthineers — DirectDensity
- Stryker — TruRize
The two startups at the Innovation Celebration were:
- CareLinx, which matches families to trusted caregivers
- MediBookr, which allows employees of partner employers to compare prices for medical imaging
Find more information on all of the innovations and startups here.