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Hospital innovation programs in Massachusetts

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

Springfield, Massachusetts

Baystate Health

TechSpring

TechSpring is Baystate Health's technology innovation center, founded in 2014 in Springfield, Massachusetts, and positioned at the intersection of healthcare delivery and innovative technology.

Innovation centerAcceleratorStrategic partnershipClinicalDigitalWorkforce

Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Children's Hospital

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.

Physician innovationAcceleratorInnovation centerSpinoutStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical devicePediatric

Children's · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Children's Hospital

Technology and Innovation Development Office

Boston Children's Hospital publishes two complementary innovation functions.

Technology transferAcceleratorEntrepreneurshipLicenseSpinoutPediatricTherapeuticsMedical device

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Boston, Massachusetts

Mass General Brigham

Mass General Brigham Innovation

Mass General Brigham Innovation is the business development arm of the health system.

Innovation centerTechnology transferVenture fundLicenseSpinoutClinicalTherapeuticsDiagnostics

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Boston, Massachusetts

Mass General Brigham / Brigham and Women's Hospital

Brigham Digital Innovation Hub (iHub)

The Brigham Digital Innovation Hub, founded in 2013 at Brigham and Women's Hospital as the iHub, drives digital health innovation across Mass General Brigham and now operates as part of Mass General Brigham Emerging Technologies and Solutions.

Innovation centerPhysician innovationStrategic partnershipClinicalDigitalWorkforce

Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Boston, Massachusetts

Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General Brigham)

Center for Innovations in Care Delivery

The Center for Innovations in Care Delivery is Massachusetts General Hospital's formal structure for surfacing and developing ideas that originate with front-line nurses and other direct-care staff.

Innovation centerNursing innovationEntrepreneurshipInvestmentClinicalWorkforceOperational

Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Boston, Massachusetts

Tufts Medicine (Tufts Medical Center) / Tufts University

Tufts Technology Commercialization (Technology Transfer and Industry Collaboration)

Tufts Technology Commercialization, part of the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, is the technology transfer and industry collaboration office that handles inventions from Tufts Medical Center as well as Tufts University schools.

Technology transferLicenseStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical device

Academic · Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Amherst, Massachusetts

UMass Amherst (Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and Riccio College of Engineering)

Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation (EMCNEI)

The Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation pioneered what it calls the Nurse-Engineer research approach: bidirectional, real-time collaboration in which nurses identify healthcare challenges and engineers help develop, refine and evaluate solutions.

Innovation centerNursing innovationTechnology transferLicenseStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceWorkforce

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Worcester, Massachusetts

UMass Chan Medical School (UMass Memorial Health)

BRIDGE Innovation and Business Development

BRIDGE Innovation and Business Development is UMass Chan Medical School's office for translating faculty discoveries into licensed products and new companies.

Innovation centerTechnology transferEntrepreneurshipLicenseSpinoutClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics

Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026