These profiles are based in Ohio according to official program or system locations. A health system may also operate facilities in other states. Inclusion is not an endorsement.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Accrete Health Partners (formerly Accel Health / BSMH Ventures)
Accrete Health Partners is the venture and innovation platform of Bon Secours Mercy Health, one of the largest Catholic health systems in the United States.
Venture fundVenture studioAcceleratorSpinoutInvestmentClinicalDigital
Nonprofit
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Toledo, Ohio
Mercy Health Research and Innovation (Northern Region innovation team)
Bon Secours Mercy Health's Mercy Health innovation team in its Northern Region runs an entrepreneurship and idea-commercialization program built around a Director of Innovation, an Entrepreneur in Residence, a Business Advisor for underserved entrepreneurs and an Innovation Grant Manager.
EntrepreneurshipInnovation centerStrategic partnershipClinicalWorkforce
Nonprofit
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Innovation Ventures
Cincinnati Children's Innovation Ventures is a named pediatric health-system program for translating research and ideas into products, services, and companies.
Innovation centerTechnology transferAcceleratorLicenseSpinoutPediatricClinicalTherapeutics
Academic · Children's
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Clinic Innovations
Cleveland Clinic Innovations is the health system's commercialization function for inventions that originate with Cleveland Clinic clinicians and researchers.
Innovation centerTechnology transferVenture fundLicenseSpinoutClinicalMedical deviceDigital
Academic · Nonprofit
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Cleveland, Ohio
Office of Nursing Research and Innovation
Cleveland Clinic's system-wide Office of Nursing Research and Innovation supports nurses who want to pursue research questions or develop innovative processes, systems and devices, on the premise that the most important ideas come from clinicians providing direct patient care.
Innovation centerNursing innovationTechnology transferLicenseClinicalMedical deviceWorkforce
Nonprofit
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Columbus, Ohio
Office of Technology Commercialization and Innovation Center
Nationwide Children's Hospital publishes an Office of Technology Commercialization and an Innovation Center within its pediatric research environment.
Innovation centerTechnology transferEntrepreneurshipLicenseStrategic partnershipPediatricClinicalMedical device
Academic · Children's
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Columbus, Ohio
New Ventures and Business Incubation (NVBI)
OhioHealth New Ventures and Business Incubation is the system department responsible for identifying emerging health care opportunities, adopting outside innovations and backing new ventures.
Innovation centerVenture fundEntrepreneurshipInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalWorkforceOperational
Nonprofit
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Cleveland, Ohio
Population Health Innovation Institute
The Population Health Innovation Institute is MetroHealth's internal engine for designing, testing and scaling value-based care delivery models for a largely safety-net population.
Innovation centerStrategic partnershipClinicalOperational
Nonprofit
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Columbus, Ohio
Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge (ERIK) / Technology Commercialization Office
Ohio State's Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge (ERIK) houses the university's Technology Commercialization Office and corporate engagement functions, serving Wexner Medical Center researchers among others.
Technology transferInnovation centerEntrepreneurshipLicenseStrategic partnershipClinical
Academic · Nonprofit
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Columbus, Ohio
Innovation Fellowship, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership
The Innovation Fellowship is a 12-month interdisciplinary program run by the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership at the Ohio State University College of Nursing, which exists to bring together leaders in innovation, entrepreneurship, education, practice and research.
Nursing innovationEntrepreneurshipClinicalWorkforce
Academic · Nonprofit
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Columbus, Ohio
Innovation Studio
The Ohio State Innovation Studio is an interprofessional maker and venture space founded inside the College of Nursing that brings students, faculty and staff together to build healthcare products, services and software.
Innovation centerNursing innovationEntrepreneurshipStrategic partnershipClinicalDigitalWorkforce
Academic · Nonprofit
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Cleveland, Ohio
UH Ventures
UH Ventures is University Hospitals' combined innovation, technology transfer and venture investment organization, which it describes as the front door for innovation at the system.
Innovation centerVenture fundEntrepreneurshipLicenseInvestmentClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics
Academic · Nonprofit
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