Innovation

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health is seeking $100 million in funding to build an innovation district that will surround its future medical school, Wake Forest School of Medicine, according to a Sept. 29 Charlotte Observer report.

Truveta, a de-identified data platform founded by 14 health systems, is partnering with Microsoft to scale the platform globally and help it reach new clients.

Each health system has a different mission, budget, leadership team and population to serve. Because of this, innovation strategies vary from system to system. Below, nine hospital executives share the motto or idea that guides their organization's innovation strategy.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center welcomed eight health tech startups to join the newest class of its innovation accelerator, the hospital announced Sept. 27. 

Amazon has revealed three new capabilities available to hospitals via Amazon Connect, a feature on Amazon Web Services' cloud, the company said Sept. 27.

Below is a list of investments that health systems made in digital health startups and internal innovation efforts in the last 30 days.

Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Research & Innovation campus is projected to add nearly 1,000 news jobs with a focus on research and science, according to a Sept. 22 NBC 4 report.

Driven by innovation, Nano Tag sets a new standard for location-aware disposable BLE tags

University of California Irvine received a $30 million gift to support the creation of a 200,000-square-foot medical innovation building. 

The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston is launching a genomic dataset with Helix, a direct-to-consumer genomics company, in a partnership that has been dubbed the first of its kind.