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Hospital innovation programs in New Jersey

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

Edison, New Jersey

Hackensack Meridian Health

Bear's Den

Bear's Den is Hackensack Meridian Health's innovation and investment program, launched in 2017, that convenes quarterly panels to evaluate healthcare ideas and inventions from entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, partners and the system's own 36,000 team members.

AcceleratorVenture fundEntrepreneurshipInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalTherapeuticsWorkforce

Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Nutley, New Jersey

Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation

The Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) is Hackensack Meridian Health's translational research center, which the system describes as an academic accelerator embedded inside a health care system rather than a conventional university institute.

Innovation centerInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalDiagnosticsWorkforce

Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

New Brunswick, New Jersey

RWJBarnabas Health

Center for Innovation at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

The Center for Innovation opened on September 16, 2022 on the main campus of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick as a partnership between RWJUH and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Innovation centerInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalArtificial intelligenceMedical device

Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026