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Becker’s Hospital Review: Why University Hospitals launched an investment arm and how it plans to disrupt in the future

David Sylvan is vice president and executive director of University Hospitals Ventures, an 18-month-old investment arm at University Hospitals that aims to drive an innovative culture and serve as an alternative revenue source for the system in the future. “Most nonprofit integrated healthcare systems, like ourselves, are destined to experience a material revenue gap looming … Continued

UH Ventures Featured in Becker’s Hospital Reviews Top 40 Innovation Programs

UH Ventures is pleased to be recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review’s list of more than 40 hospitals and health systems with “great” innovation programs. Per Becker’s, “The hospitals and health systems on this list have committed to staying on the forefront of change in healthcare. The hospitals have dedicated departments, institutes and organizations to promote … Continued

Be a Jellyfish Not an Elephant: Insights from Episode Two of the UH Ventures Health Voyagers Series

Be a Jellyfish, not an Elephant…that was the concluding plea Peter Pronovost, MD, UH Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, made during his Keynote address delivered at the UH Ventures’ Call of the Wild event. Held August 16 at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, over 125 healthcare professionals and representatives of Northeast Ohio’s entrepreneurial ecosystem attended the … Continued

Dr. Peter Pronovost Keynote Address | UH Ventures’ Health Voyagers Series, August 16, 2019

Breakthroughs in Healthcare, Inspired By Nature, presented by Dr. Peter Pronovost, Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, University Hospitals. The presentation was part of UH Ventures’ Health Voyagers Series: Call of the Wild: Biomimicry for Healthcare Innovation, which took place at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History on August 16, 2019. For information on future UH Ventures … Continued

Media Coverage of our $1M Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge Award

HIT Infrastructure: UH Gets $1M Grant for App to Track Discharged Patients’ Opioid Use Becker’s Hospital Review: University Hospitals among 4 winners of Ohio Opioid Tech Challenge WOIO Cleveland 19: WATCH: Cleveland doctors create software that helps keep prescribed painkillers to a minimum WKYC Cleveland: WATCH:University Hospitals among winners as state funds new tech to help … Continued

University Hospitals awarded $1 million from Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge for UH Ventures-developed technology solution that helps mitigate the opioid epidemic

UH Care Continues kept more than 12,000 opioid pills out of circulation in just six months CLEVELAND – University Hospitals was today awarded a $1 million grant from the Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge for creating an innovative technology solution that helps health professionals in the fight against the opioid epidemic plaguing our communities. This follows … Continued

Breakthrough Research in Synthetic Mesh

In Vivo study of patented collagen biomaterial shows promise for pelvic floor reconstruction Through collaborative translational research at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, a team of physicians and engineers has developed a novel woven collagen mesh material for potential use in mid-urethral sling (MUS) surgeries. Over the past decade, exploration … Continued

UH Develops First-of-Its-Kind Transfusion Management Software

“There’s no doubt that transfusions save lives, especially in trauma patients,” says James Hill, MD, a critical care and anesthesiology specialist at UH and System Medical Director for Transfusion Services and Blood Management; and Assistant Professor of Anestthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. But there can be harms that come from a transfusion – … Continued

UH Ventures Launches Health Voyagers Podcast Series

UH Ventures is excited to introduce its Health Voyagers Podcast Series, in which host David Sylvan (VP, UH Ventures) interviews innovation experts and leaders from UH and our ecosystem about moving innovations from conception to the market. “Our main intention of the Health Voyagers Podcast is instigation via demystification,” says Sylvan. “At the end of … Continued

Smart Business: UH Ventures Seeks Every Opportunity for Innovation

March 8, 2019: Through UH Ventures, University Hospitals Health System hopes it can become a powerful force to enable the next generation of health care. Formed in 2017, the venture is a critical part of the system’s innovation strategy to improve patient care and diversify revenue, says CEO Thomas F. Zenty III. “That’s why we … Continued

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