Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center will serve as one of four co-leaders of the FDA's new Sentinel Innovation Center, part of the FDA's national electronic safety surveillance program.
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Douglas Wood, MD, has served as the medical director of the innovation and design team within Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic's Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery since 2013.
Milwaukee-based Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin announced on Oct. 16 the public launch of the Hope to Health campaign, which aims to raise $225 million to support healthcare innovation efforts, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Madera, Calif.-based Valley Children's Healthcare announced Oct. 16 a new partnership between its innovation program and The Innovation Institute.
The four largest research institutions in San Antonio announced on Oct. 15 the formation of a partnership to provide a collective $800,000 to fund a collaborative initiative in precision therapeutics.
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Mike Minear brings more than 40 years of experience in health information technology to his role as senior vice president and CIO at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pa.
Blacksburg-based Virginia Tech launched its largest-ever fundraising campaign on Oct. 11, with a goal of raising $1.5 billion to support innovative research and education in health sciences, technology, data analytics and more.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's corporate investment and innovation organization, Healthworx, has partnered with the Washington, D.C.-based Halcyon incubator program to provide funding and support for healthcare entrepreneurs.
With a goal of becoming the world's most consumer-centric company, Amazon is well-known for prioritizing innovation above all else — a mission achieved by focusing on six core strategies.
Benjamin Hohmuth, MD, chief medical informatics officer at Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System, sees innovation as new ways to tackle relevant problems rather than an opportunity to deploy new technology.