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innovationOchsner

Ochsner Health

Editorially verified · Last reviewed August 30, 2026

Intelligence summary

Program at a Glance

Program mandate
innovationOchsner (iO) is a named Ochsner Health innovation lab that the official program page says was founded by Ochsner Health in 2015. Ochsner describes iO as combining the roles of a think tank, innovation lab, and health-care technology company, with work focused on improving health, lowering costs, and enhancing patient and caregiver experiences.
Organizational model
Regional
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana
Program types
Innovation center
Commercialization pathways
Strategic partnership
Focus areas
ClinicalOperationalDigitalArtificial intelligenceDiagnostics
Named initiatives or assets
innovationOchsner · Connected MOM · Population Genomic Screening · Clinical Trial Innovation
Public scale or maturity signals

The innovationOchsner home page says iO works with organizations inside and outside the industry to invest in and invent the future.

Official engagement route
Program website ↗Health system website ↗
Last reviewed
August 30, 2026

Mandate and remit

What This Program Does

innovationOchsner (iO) is a named Ochsner Health innovation lab that the official program page says was founded by Ochsner Health in 2015. Ochsner describes iO as combining the roles of a think tank, innovation lab, and health-care technology company, with work focused on improving health, lowering costs, and enhancing patient and caregiver experiences. The public materials describe digital health, advanced analytics, personalized medicine, new treatment options, predictive models, and data-enabled care as areas of work. The iO work page names connected programs and capabilities including Connected MOM, Optimal Hospital, Population Genomic Screening, Anatomical Modeling, Predictive Modeling, O Bar, and Clinical Trial Innovation. The home page also states that iO works with organizations inside and outside the industry to invest in and invent the future. This profile records the public innovation structure and collaborations language without inferring ownership, revenue, adoption, or performance.

Areas of Focus

ClinicalOperationalDigitalArtificial intelligenceDiagnostics

Commercialization Pathways

These routes appear in the program's sourced public record.

Named Programs and Initiatives

  • innovationOchsner

    Ochsner Health innovation lab combining think-tank, innovation-lab, and health-care technology-company functions to address health, cost, and patient and caregiver experience challenges.

  • Connected MOM

    Named innovationOchsner work program listed among iO's digital-health, analytics, and personalized-medicine portfolio.

  • Population Genomic Screening

    Named innovationOchsner work program listed on the official iO work portfolio page.

  • Clinical Trial Innovation

    Named innovationOchsner work program listed on the official iO work portfolio page.

Venture Investment and Company Creation

The innovationOchsner home page says iO works with organizations inside and outside the industry to invest in and invent the future.

Contact the Program

Use the program's published contact route for partnership, licensing, innovation, or program inquiries.

Program phone
1-866-624-7637
Official contact page
Open contact page ↗

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Sources and Updates

Reviewed August 30, 2026. External source links open in a new tab.

  1. innovationOchsner Ochsner Health. Accessed August 30, 2026.
  2. Our Work | innovationOchsner Ochsner Health. Accessed August 30, 2026.

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