Though funding and other resources are undoubtedly imperative to an organization's innovation efforts, equally important is buy-in from executives who value and prioritize innovation.
Innovation
Establishing a culture of innovation among team members can look vastly different for hospitals and health systems.
Digital innovation has ushered in an era of extraordinary convenience across consumer-driven industries. Today, consumers in areas such as retail and banking experience highly personalized, streamlined interactions that fit neatly into the chaos of modern life. Conversely, the healthcare industry…
For many, the word innovation immediately conjures images of futuristic, cutting-edge technology, but at the Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the focus instead is on the people at the heart of that innovation.
Though there is not one standard definition of innovation, many innovators share a similar set of beliefs and principles regarding their approaches to developing new products, techniques and solutions.
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Evanston, Ill.-based Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management opened the Center for the Science of Science & Innovation, where researchers will use advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to detect patterns guiding scientific discovery.
Eko, a San Francisco-based startup developing artificial intelligence for heart disease screening, telehealth and remote patient monitoring, closed a Series B funding round that included participation from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.
New York City-based NYU Langone Health launched its NYU Langone Health Tech Hub in 2017 as a centralized resource for inventors within and outside the health system to share ideas. The Hub connects innovators with its digital health ecosystem and…
The Center for Primary Care Innovation at Northwestern Medicine in Evanston, Ill., aims to develop ways to transform traditional primary care delivery. The center gives participants space to test innovative methods of improving care delivery and promoting innovative best practice…
MedStar Institute for Innovation in Washington, D.C., was chartered in 2009 and is led by Mark S. Smith, MD. The institute has developed numerous capabilities for MedStar, such as the National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, which optimizes care…