Children's Hospital Colorado has launched a new Center for Innovation, a new section of the campus devoted to promoting innovation within the hospital and with other external partners. The system called the Center "a formal commitment to pioneer child health innovation that will turn ideas from What if into What's Next."
The Center will offer Children's Colorado team members the means to support innovation as well as a physical space on campus to receive training, attend workshops and take advantage of numerous programs to help bolster new ideas identified as having potential for commercialization, as well as newly devised methods to improve the patient experience at the facility.
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Some of the more business-oriented resources available through the Center will include access to a network of experienced business and entrepreneur mentors, facilitation of medical and technological partners, corporate partners that will provide pro bono or reduced-fee services, and a project management tracking system. Additionally, a series of workshops will be offered to focus on entrepreneurship and innovation.
"I am most proud that Children's Colorado is not just facilitating the exploration of innovation, rather we are 100 percent committed to this program through the development of a dedicated innovation lab, strong professional education tracks, incubators, accelerators, business mentorship, and more," said Gil Peri, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer.
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