Health system intelligence profile
Boston Children's Hospital
Editorially verified · Last reviewed August 30, 2026
Intelligence summary
The Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator is Boston Children's Hospital's internal startup accelerator, created to source and vet ideas from the hospital's own clinicians and to build them into products and companies. IDHA runs an internal funding and vetting process, then supplies grant funding, product management oversight and technical expertise across mobile and web applications, medical devices, telemedicine and EHR interoperability using FHIR standards. Its priorities include expanding remote care access, building clinical decision support tools that extend Boston Children's pediatric expertise globally, and creating scalable interoperable digital health platforms. The accelerator is co-led by the hospital's Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President for Digital Health and has been profiled in Harvard Business Review as a model for helping doctors launch companies.
Documented successes: Five companies spun out of the accelerator; portfolio companies have raised over $100 million; portfolio of 20+ products and initiatives; co-led by Jennifer Magaziner, MBA, MPH, Vice President for Digital Health; profiled by Harvard Business Review (2017) as a hospital accelerator model for physician-founded companies; Has spun out five companies; portfolio companies have raised over $100 million in funding; products and spinouts include Mightier, Dock Health and Health Voyager; profiled by Harvard Business Review in 2017 as a hospital startup accelerator model
Mandate and remit
The Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator is Boston Children's Hospital's internal startup accelerator, created to source and vet ideas from the hospital's own clinicians and to build them into products and companies. IDHA runs an internal funding and vetting process, then supplies grant funding, product management oversight and technical expertise across mobile and web applications, medical devices, telemedicine and EHR interoperability using FHIR standards. Its priorities include expanding remote care access, building clinical decision support tools that extend Boston Children's pediatric expertise globally, and creating scalable interoperable digital health platforms. The accelerator is co-led by the hospital's Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President for Digital Health and has been profiled in Harvard Business Review as a model for helping doctors launch companies.
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Fund or office: Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA)
The Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator is Boston Children's Hospital's internal startup accelerator, created to source and vet ideas from the hospital's own clinicians and to build them into products and companies. IDHA runs an internal funding and vetting process, then supplies grant funding, product management oversight and technical expertise across mobile and web applications, medical devices, telemedicine and EHR interoperability using FHIR standards. Its priorities include expanding remote care access, building clinical decision support tools that extend Boston Children's pediatric expertise globally, and creating scalable interoperable digital health platforms. The accelerator is co-led by the hospital's Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President for Digital Health and has been profiled in Harvard Business Review as a model for helping doctors launch companies.
Documented successes
Five companies spun out of the accelerator; portfolio companies have raised over $100 million; portfolio of 20+ products and initiatives; co-led by Jennifer Magaziner, MBA, MPH, Vice President for Digital Health; profiled by Harvard Business Review (2017) as a hospital accelerator model for physician-founded companies; Has spun out five companies; portfolio companies have raised over $100 million in funding; products and spinouts include Mightier, Dock Health and Health Voyager; profiled by Harvard Business Review in 2017 as a hospital startup accelerator model
Organizational home: Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA), Boston Children's Hospital
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