Concordia University—Portland (Ore.) will open a new Nursing Innovation Center, located on the university's Columbia River Campus, beginning with the fall 2019 semester.

Kolaleh Eskandanian, PhD, is the vice president and chief innovation officer of Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C.

University of Wisconsin-Madison will open its new Center for Genomic Science Innovation Sept. 1.

In the past, organizations' tech teams were largely tasked with building and maintaining internal IT infrastructure, but now they are increasingly looked to for innovative ideas in product development, The Wall Street Journal reports.

As the executive vice president and chief digital officer of Providence St. Joseph Health Aaron Martin is responsible for the health system's digital, web, mobile and online marketing channels.

Last September, Ascension named Eduardo Conrado to the system's newly created position of executive vice president and chief digital officer. In July 2019, he was promoted to executive vice president and chief strategy and innovations officer. 

The University of North Florida in Jacksonville has selected 14 early-stage startups, several of which are in the healthcare sector, to join UNF's new Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Jacksonville Daily Record reports.

The Pfizer Foundation announced Aug. 20 the latest group of NGOs, nonprofits and social enterprises to receive $100,000 grants to address the threat of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income nations.

Contrary to the popular belief that implementing stricter data privacy regulations will staunch the free flow of innovation, a global privacy framework is actually key to fostering further innovation.

Health systems across the country have launched venture capital arms to invest in a variety of health IT, services, medical devices and solutions.

While much of the responsibility for innovation efforts typically falls on information and innovation chiefs, CFOs are uniquely positioned to play their own equally critical role in their organization's transformation.

While the chief information officer was initially tasked with the deployment of internal IT initiatives, the role has since expanded at some organizations to include the management of outward-facing innovation efforts.

Eli Lilly announced Aug. 14 an open challenge to promote the development of innovative digital solutions for the care of inflammatory bowel disease.

HealthTrust, a Nashville, Tenn.-based developer of total spend management solutions for healthcare providers, awarded Innovation Grants to Boston Medical Center and Centennnial, Colo.-based Centura Health.

Together, the members of an organization have the potential to develop smarter, more inventive ideas than they could on their own — but only if company culture prioritizes collaboration and innovation.

Rather than the straightforward, metrics-focused presentations typically used to drum up support for a new idea, taking a more creative marketing-style approach to pitching may generate greater interest and enthusiasm among an executive team.

Medable, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based developer of a cloud-based platform facilitating data-driven clinical trials, has joined the American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation's Innovators Network.

Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center and international pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim have established a Virtual Research and Development Center to accelerate research into new cancer treatments.

Here are six invaluable pieces of wisdom and advice about the role of innovation in healthcare that executives from hospitals and health systems across the country have shared with Becker's Hospital Review this year:

Andrew Trister, MD, PhD, has left his post in the special projects division of Apple's health team to join the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he confirmed to CNBC.