Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital's Center for Patient Experience Innovation. The Center for Patient Experience Innovation at Akron Children's Hospital focuses on how positive healthcare experiences can transform clinical outcomes. The center is a hub for innovation support services and resources as well as a research initiative to facilitate idea generation, serve as a pilot site for new approaches and interventions and evaluate pilot impact. The Center for Patient Experience Innovation is housed within the hospital's Rebecca D. Considine's Research Institute. Stefan Agamanolis, PhD, is the center's director.