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Hospital innovation programs in Connecticut

These profiles are based in Connecticut according to official program or system locations. A health system may also operate facilities in other states. Inclusion is not an endorsement.

Hartford, Connecticut

Connecticut Children's

Center for Innovation

Connecticut Children's Center for Innovation supports pediatric innovation by building an ecosystem that links the health system's roughly 3,000 team members with entrepreneurs, investors and academic partners.

Innovation centerEntrepreneurshipInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalPediatricOperational

Children's · Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford HealthCare

Hartford HealthCare Innovation

Hartford HealthCare runs a system-level innovation function that partners with venture investors to source, pilot and back early-stage digital health and healthcare technology companies in Connecticut.

Innovation centerAcceleratorVenture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalDigitalWorkforce

Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Storrs, Connecticut

University of Connecticut (Elisabeth DeLuca School of Nursing and College of Engineering, UConn Tech Park)

Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center

The UConn Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center pairs nurses, who are positioned to identify healthcare problems, with engineers who can translate those observations into working technology.

Innovation centerNursing innovationTechnology transferLicenseStrategic partnershipClinicalWorkforce

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

New Haven, Connecticut

Yale New Haven Health / Yale School of Medicine (Yale Ventures)

Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT)

Yale CBIT was established in 2014 to educate the next generation of biomedical innovators and support commercialization of biomedical technology discovered at Yale, with an explicit focus on data science, diagnostics and devices.

Physician innovationInnovation centerEntrepreneurshipInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceDiagnostics

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

New Haven, Connecticut

Yale New Haven Hospital (Yale New Haven Health)

Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Program

Yale New Haven Hospital's nursing innovation work is organized around its Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Committee, which supports teams of nurses running research and practice-change projects and helps them disseminate results at conferences and in peer-reviewed journals.

Nursing innovationInnovation centerClinicalPediatricWorkforce

Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026