Becker's Hospital Review

FINANCE STRATEGY AND INNOVATION 17 hosts an innovation engagement speaker series — including a December appearance from Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf — and hackathons. People can rent out space in JAZ by zone, floor or building for innovation-related activities. In 2006, Kaiser Permanente opened the Sidney R. Garfield Health Care Innovation Center in San Leandro, Calif., named aer the health system's founding physician. Dr. Garfield was a pioneer in hospital designs that improved care delivery and en- hanced the patient experience. ough the facility itself is closed to the public, Kaiser Permanente started offering virtual tours of the center in 2012. e center is modeled to look like a real hospital to allow providers to test products in as close-to-reality settings as possible. In Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital's Stoeckle Center focuses on primary care innovation, e Stoeckle Center offers several programs to test ideas through education, research and policy. e center is named aer John Stoeckle, MD, who had a 50-year career as a primary care physician at Massachusetts General. Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic opened its Center for Inno- vation in 2008, making it the first to be integrated into a medical practice setting. e center includes an outpatient lab that allows researchers to observe patients while interacting with providers, as well as a Healthy Aging and Independent Living Lab. e center focuses on design in healthcare — such as patient exam rooms and delivery models — to improve the patient experience. e Innovation Center linked to 802-bed Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines (Iowa) was established in 2014. Mercy Innovation Center provides observation opportunities, engineering services, simulation labs, project piloting, business plan development and process improvement for individuals engaged in the creative pro- cess. Samuel Schone serves as the director of Mercy Innovation Center. Wyoming, Mich.-based Metro Health Innovation Center houses four departments: the physician hospital organization, IT, security and privacy, and professional billing and pre-arrival. e facility is a collaborative space, allowing for Metro Health employees to gather and work on projects. Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has its Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice, one of 13 research centers within the hospital. Researchers at the center seek to dis- cover new methods for care delivery, both through information technology and communication techniques. e center has four key research focuses: depression or suicidal ideation, clotting disorders, drug use and routine preventive care services. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital launched its innovation center in 2014. NYP Innovation Center is based in Blueprint Health, an accelerator and coworking space for health tech startups. e center held New York City's first hospital hackathon in March 2014. Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health's Mirro Center for Research and Innovation is among the newest innovation centers the country, having opened in late April. Folded into the Mirro Center is Parkview Research Center, a 25-year-old research hub, and the newly formed Center for Healthcare Innovation where scientists, entrepreneurs and organizations collaborate on new clinical solutions. e Mirro Center also features three simula- tion labs and classrooms for education and training personnel. In Burlingame, Calif., is Mills-Peninsula Health Services, a Sutter Health-affiliated organization comprised of a medical center and health center. It operates the Center for Innovation & Research, a laboratory to develop new healthcare models, technologies, products, service and treatments. Based 25 miles from Silicon Valley and 17 miles from San Francisco, the center makes use of its proximity to these biotech hubs to partner with entrepreneurs and innovators. In 2010, the University of California launched the Center for Health Quality and Innovation in Oakland, with representa- tion from six UC medical school deans, five UC medical center CEOs and chaired by John Stobo, MD, the UC Health senior vice president. e center supports innovations in development across the UC health campuses through grants, fellowships and colloquiums. e Center for Surgical Innovation is affiliated with Auro- ra-based University of Colorado Hospital and the university's medical school. e CSI has been part of the medical school for about a decade, serving as a training facility for surgeons as well as a development hub for new surgical techniques and technol- Mayo Clinic's Center for Innovation, launched in 2008, is geared toward improvements in healthcare design to better the patient experience and care delivery.

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