Innovation

Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital (St. Louis Park, Minn.). The 426-bed Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital implemented several initiatives to reduce the hospital’s environmental impact and improve energy efficiency within the last year. The hospital surpassed its goal of reducing paper use by…

Overlook Medical Center (Summit, N.J.). Overlook Medical Center has engaged in green initiatives across the board to reduce its carbon footprint and increase sustainability. The hospital has a tri-generation power plant that produces four megawatts of electricity through harnessing the heat…

NorthShore University HealthSystem Glenbrook Hospital (Glenview, Ill.). NorthShore University HealthSystem made a commitment to go green and took a huge leap forward in 2015 when the system eliminated polystyrene containers; the change saved around 22,000 garbage bags of Styrofoam annually.…

A majority (70 percent) of healthcare executives agree that keeping up with trending technologies not only gives them a competitive advantage, but is essential to growth and a positive customer experience, according to a SAP Center for Business Insight and…

Machine learning is a key focus for a majority (53 percent) of CIOs' digitization efforts, according to a ServiceNow survey.

Minneapolis-based Medtronic and St. Louis-based Mercy are partnering to create a data sharing and analysis network that will gather clinical evidence for medical device innovation.

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s Wake Forest Innovations (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Two centers fall under Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s Wake Forest Innovations. The Center for Innovation & Commercialization advances the development and commercialization of inventions, while the Center for Industry…

University of Missouri’s Tiger Institute for Health Innovation (Columbia). Created in 2009 by Former University of Missouri System President Gary Forsee and Cerner Corp. CEO Neal Patterson, the Tiger Institute for Health Innovation aims to establish a national model for…

University of Utah Spark Health Innovation Lab (Salt Lake City). Leveraging a human-centered approach, the Spark Health Innovation Lab allows students to design solutions for a better healthcare experience. The lab came out of the 2011 University of Utah Patient Experience…

UPMC Enterprises (Pittsburgh).UPMC Enterprises advances four main areas: translation science, outcomes improvement, consumerism, and infrastructure and efficiencies. The center works with individuals and teams with only a business plan, early-stage companies, venture funds and established companies to advance innovation in…