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Innovation Accelerator Program

Penn Medicine

Editorially verified · Last reviewed August 30, 2026

Intelligence summary

Program at a Glance

Program mandate: Penn Medicine's Center for Health Care Innovation publishes the Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) as a structured pathway for faculty and staff developing, testing, and implementing new approaches to health-care delivery and patient outcomes. The official program page describes multiple phases: early testing and evidence generation, additional development and scaling, operationalization with sustainable infrastructure, and, when appropriate, support for other health systems to adopt successful innovations.
Organizational model: Academic
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Program types: Innovation center Accelerator Entrepreneurship
Focus areas: ClinicalOperationalDigitalWorkforce
Named initiatives or assets: Innovation Accelerator Program · Phase one: It might work · Phase four: How others work
Public scale or maturity signals: Projects funded since program inception: The official program page states that more than 30 projects have been funded since the Innovation Accelerator Program began.
Official engagement route: Program website ↗Health system website ↗
Last reviewed: August 30, 2026

Mandate and remit

What This Program Does

Penn Medicine's Center for Health Care Innovation publishes the Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) as a structured pathway for faculty and staff developing, testing, and implementing new approaches to health-care delivery and patient outcomes. The official program page describes multiple phases: early testing and evidence generation, additional development and scaling, operationalization with sustainable infrastructure, and, when appropriate, support for other health systems to adopt successful innovations. The program includes workshops, innovation-advisor mentorship, project funding, leadership review, stakeholder support, and business-model planning. Penn's page says the program has funded more than 30 projects since inception, but this profile does not interpret that figure as a success rate or commercial outcome. The profile focuses on the documented internal innovation and implementation model rather than assuming a separate licensing or investment route.

Areas of Focus

ClinicalOperationalDigitalWorkforce

Named Programs and Initiatives

Innovation Accelerator Program ↗
Penn Medicine program supporting faculty and staff as they develop, test, implement, and scale new approaches to health-care delivery and patient outcomes.
Phase one: It might work
Six-month phase for testing potential solutions, generating early evidence, and presenting to health-system leadership for possible additional investment.
Phase four: How others work
When appropriate, IAP supports teams in helping other health systems adopt innovations that have been developed and tested through the program.

Publicly Reported Outcomes

Projects funded since program inception
The official program page states that more than 30 projects have been funded since the Innovation Accelerator Program began.

Contact the Program

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

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.

Innovation Accelerator Program ↗ — Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation. Accessed August 30, 2026.

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