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Hospital innovation programs in Pennsylvania

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

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Allegheny Health Network (with Innovation Works)

AlphaLab Health

AlphaLab Health is a healthcare and life sciences startup accelerator launched in 2020 as a partnership between Allegheny Health Network, Highmark Health and Innovation Works, with support from Pittsburgh-area universities, corporations and foundations.

AcceleratorVenture fundEntrepreneurshipInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics

Nonprofit

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Partially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Innovation Ventures

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia publishes a pediatric commercialization pathway that has been reorganized over the past decade.

Technology transferEntrepreneurshipVenture fundLicenseSpinoutPediatricClinicalTherapeutics

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Danville, Pennsylvania

Geisinger

Geisinger Ventures

Geisinger Ventures is the for-profit venture arm of Geisinger, the integrated health system and health plan serving 42 counties in central and northeastern Pennsylvania.

Venture fundTechnology transferLicenseInvestmentClinicalOperational

Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Danville, Pennsylvania

Geisinger

Steele Institute for Health Innovation

The Steele Institute for Health Innovation is Geisinger's central innovation body, structured as a hub that coordinates nine internal development partner teams rather than as a single lab.

Innovation centerStrategic partnershipClinicalArtificial intelligenceDigital

Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Highmark Health (parent of Allegheny Health Network)

Highmark Ventures

Highmark Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Highmark Health, the Pittsburgh-based integrated delivery and financing organization that owns Allegheny Health Network and the Highmark health plans.

Venture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalTherapeuticsWorkforce

Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jefferson Health / Thomas Jefferson University

Jefferson Innovation

Jefferson Innovation is the entrepreneurial and commercialization organization spanning Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University.

Innovation centerTechnology transferAcceleratorLicenseStrategic partnershipClinicalWorkforce

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jefferson Health / Thomas Jefferson University

Jefferson Ventures

Jefferson Ventures is the commercialization hub for Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, connecting clinicians, scientists and students with industry and strategic collaborators.

Technology transferVenture studioInnovation centerLicenseSpinoutClinicalWorkforce

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jefferson Health / Thomas Jefferson University

JeffSolves MedTech / Health Design Lab

JeffSolves MedTech is a transdisciplinary medical device innovation program run through Jefferson's Health Design Lab that pairs medical students and clinicians with industrial design and textile design students.

Physician innovationEntrepreneurshipInnovation centerClinicalMedical deviceWorkforce

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

Main Line Health

Lankenau Institute for Medical Research

The Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR) is Main Line Health's biomedical research institute, founded in 1927 and based at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

Innovation centerTechnology transferEntrepreneurshipLicenseClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics

Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Penn Medicine

Innovation Accelerator Program

Penn Medicine's Center for Health Care Innovation publishes the Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) as a structured pathway for faculty and staff developing, testing, and implementing new approaches to health-care delivery and patient outcomes.

Innovation centerAcceleratorEntrepreneurshipClinicalOperationalDigital

Academic

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Penn Medicine (University of Pennsylvania Health System)

Innovation Accelerator Program, Center for Health Care Transformation and Innovation

Penn Medicine's Innovation Accelerator Program supports faculty physicians and staff who want to design, test and scale new approaches to healthcare delivery.

Physician innovationAcceleratorInnovation centerStrategic partnershipClinicalOperational

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Penn Medicine (University of Pennsylvania Health System)

Penn Health-Tech

Penn Health-Tech is a University of Pennsylvania center, established around 2017, that connects innovators across Penn Medicine and Penn's engineering and business schools to advance medical devices and healthcare technology.

AcceleratorInnovation centerEntrepreneurshipInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceWorkforce

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Hershey, Pennsylvania

Penn State Health / Penn State College of Medicine

Center for Medical Innovation (CMI)

The Center for Medical Innovation supports Penn State College of Medicine faculty, researchers and learners in moving medical innovations toward commercialization.

Innovation centerTechnology transferPhysician innovationLicenseInvestmentClinical

Academic · Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Temple Health / Temple University (Lewis Katz School of Medicine)

Office of Technology Commercialization and Business Development

Temple University's Office of Technology Commercialization and Business Development is the integrated hub through which entrepreneurs and industry find partnership opportunities in Temple research, including work from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine and Temple Health.

Technology transferEntrepreneurshipLicenseSpinoutClinicalTherapeuticsOperational

Academic · Nonprofit

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Reviewed August 30, 2026

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) with the Wharton School and Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship (JJNIF)

The Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship is a one-year, team-based fellowship for chief nursing officers, nurse executives and senior nurse leaders drawn from U.S.

Nursing innovationEntrepreneurshipAcceleratorStrategic partnershipClinicalWorkforce

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

UPMC

UPMC Enterprises

UPMC Enterprises is the official innovation, commercialization, and venture capital arm of UPMC.

Venture fundVenture studioInnovation centerInvestmentSpinoutTherapeuticsDiagnosticsDigital

Academic · Nonprofit

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Editorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026