Innovation

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…

UNC Center for Health Innovation (Chapel Hill). UNC Center for Health Innovation seeks disruptive innovations in healthcare delivery and financing focused on patients and value. The center is designed to initiate, evaluate, disseminate and support innovation adoption to improve outcomes…

University Hospitals’ Harrington Discovery Institute (Cleveland). The Harrington Discovery Institute is one of three main components of The Harrington Project for Discovery & Development. An international initiative, The Harrington Discovery Institute’s mission is to support physician-scientists as they turn discoveries…