Health system intelligence profile
Advocate Health
Last reviewed August 30, 2026
Intelligence summary
Documented successes: Operates alongside The Pearl innovation district in Charlotte, a public-private partnership anchored by Wake Forest University School of Medicine and IRCAD North America; Operates alongside Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem, which houses startups and established biomedical, digital health and regenerative medicine companies
Mandate and remit
The Advocate Health Technology Transfer Office converts research and novel concepts generated inside the system into practical products. It handles intellectual property protection, market analysis, funding support and startup creation for clinician and researcher inventors across Advocate Health. It sits alongside the system's other innovation channels, including an Innovative Collaborations function that connects external organizations to Advocate Health's strategic priorities through an idea submission form, and physical innovation districts at The Pearl in Charlotte and Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem. Outside companies engage through the collaboration submission process and through the innovation districts, which host startups and established biomedical, digital health and regenerative medicine companies. General innovation inquiries route to a single system mailbox.
These routes appear in the program's sourced public record.
Documented successes
Operates alongside The Pearl innovation district in Charlotte, a public-private partnership anchored by Wake Forest University School of Medicine and IRCAD North America; Operates alongside Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem, which houses startups and established biomedical, digital health and regenerative medicine companies
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