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70 INNOVATION Atrium Health's innovation district to be called 'the Pearl' By Georgina Gonzalez T he innovation district in Charlotte, N.C., has been named "the Pearl" by leaders from Atrium Health and Wexford Science & Technology. e site of the Pearl will be home to Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health's fu- ture medical school, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Charlotte, according to a March 3 news release. It is named aer Pearl Street Park, the first African American park in Charlotte and the only remaining landmark of the once-thriv- ing African American community formerly known as Brooklyn, which was displaced and largely destroyed in the 1950s and '60s. "We're here now to begin a new chapter to this story and honor this special place as we empower the neighborhoods around it, which are shaped by diverse people and perspectives, rooted in inclusivity and belonging, and filled with endless potential," Eugene Woods, pres- ident and CEO of Atrium Health, said in the release. "I'm pleased to share that Charlotte's new innovation district, 'e Pearl,' will be a place where Charlotte's historic vitality meets its innovative future." e district is expected to create more than 5,500 jobs on-site and more than 11,500 jobs in total in the Charlotte community over the next 15 years. e development will feature education, retail, apartments, a hotel and open community spaces. It will also serve as an entrepreneurial hub with research and de- velopment activity. n 10 top healthcare companies for innovation, per Drucker Institute By Katie Adams T en healthcare companies were ranked among the most innovative in 2021 by the Drucker Institute, according to a ranking published in The Wall Street Journal. For its "Management Top 250" ranking, the Drucker Institute mea- sures organizations in five areas: customer satisfaction, employee engagement and development, in- novation, social responsibility and financial strength. Here are 10 healthcare organi- zations that received the highest marks for innovation: 1. Johnson & Johnson Overall rank: 7 2. Merck Overall rank: 15 3. Abbott Laboratories Overall rank: 23 4. Edwards Lifesciences Overall rank: 24 5. Pfizer Overall rank: 27 6. Eli Lilly Overall rank: 33 7. Medtronic Overall rank: 48 8. Bristol-Myers Squibb Overall rank: 105 9. Intuitive Surgical Overall rank: 109 10. Anthem Overall rank: 121 n Sanford Health wants other systems to use its homegrown AI tool for nurse scheduling By Katie Adams S anford Health will soon schedule its more than 10,000 nurses using its inter- nally developed artificial intelligence tool, the Sioux Falls, S.D.-based system said Feb. 24 on its website. Five things to know: 1. The tool's development began in 2019, spearheaded by Emily Bucking- ham-Carlson, RN, Sanford's head of enterprise clinical staffing and scheduling, after she noticed real-time information could help identify scheduling efficien- cies. She developed the tool with Robert Menzie, a Sanford data scientist, and named it Leveraging Analytics to Mobilize and Prepare, or LAMP. 2. LAMP allows nurses to spend less time in spreadsheets, ensures there are enough nurses for each shift and informs Sanford leaders about how many nurses should be hired for each unit. 3. The system developed the tool in hopes other systems would adopt it to address staffing and burnout issues. "If it works at a sprawling, integrated, rural system like Sanford Health — with 48,000 employees, two major medical centers, 44 other hospitals, 224 clinics and 233 senior living communities — it can work elsewhere," the system said. 4. Sanford partnered with Flexwise, a healthcare workforce software platform, to integrate its clinical expertise and algorithm into the company's workforce op- timization software. Sanford Health's tool is being incorporated into Flexwise's commercial software platform. 5. Sanford has been piloting the tool since April 2021 in Fargo, N.D. In April of this year, the system rolled it out in 68 departments, with more units to follow. Once Sanford and Flexwise's co-developed commercial product is available, it will be deployed across the entire system. n