Program types
Hospital innovation takes many forms. These pages group profiles by the functions official materials describe.
Innovation center
Named innovation centers, institutes, and enterprise innovation programs that organize idea intake, pilots, partnerships, and, in some systems, commercialization support.
150 sourced profiles in the current edition
Venture fund
Corporate venture and investment arms that deploy health-system capital into external companies, internal spinouts, or both.
54 sourced profiles in the current edition
Compare hospital-backed fund structuresVenture studio
Programs that form, staff, or build companies rather than only investing in companies created elsewhere.
27 sourced profiles in the current edition
Technology transfer
Offices that protect intellectual property, license inventions, and advise on whether a discovery should be licensed, partnered, or placed in a new company.
100 sourced profiles in the current edition
Accelerator
Time-bounded programs that fund, mentor, or clinically evaluate startups or internal teams, often in exchange for equity, a pilot, or a partnership.
64 sourced profiles in the current edition
Entrepreneurship
Programs that teach, fund, or otherwise support clinicians, researchers, and employees who want to develop and commercialize ideas.
135 sourced profiles in the current edition
Nursing innovation
Named programs that support nurses as inventors, operators, or commercial contributors.
33 sourced profiles in the current edition
Physician innovation
Named programs that support physicians as inventors, founders, or clinical sponsors of new products and companies.
52 sourced profiles in the current edition