Innovation is the driving point for all organizations, regardless of industry. Companies in one industry often look to examples in other industries for ideas on how to be disruptive and push the status quo to achieve new, better and more efficient results.
A recent survey from research firm peer60 asked C-suiters from across the healthcare industry to name the most innovative organizations, and respondents named healthcare companies alongside tech giants not specific to healthcare.
Here are the most innovative organizations from the peer60 survey, broken down by categories of innovation.
Most cutting edge technology
Apple: 53 percent
Google: 20 percent
GE: 13 percent
Cerner: 7 percent
athenahealth: 7 percent
Elite leadership
Intermountain Healthcare: 30 percent
Cerner: 20 percent
Mayo Clinic: 20 percent
Kaiser Permanente: 10 percent
athenahealth: 10 percent
Cleveland Clinic: 10 percent
Highly adaptable
Cerner: 31 percent
Hospital Corporation of America: 23 percent
GE: 15 percent
Epic: 8 percent
Intermountain Healthcare: 8 percent
Kaiser Permanente: 8 percent
Mayo Clinic: 8 percent
Committed to disruption
Theranos: 40 percent
athenahealth: 20 percent
Cerner: 20 percent
HCA: 20 percent
Most intuitive models and solutions
Kaiser Permanente: 24 percent
Epic: 19 percent
Geisinger: 11 percent
GE: 8 percent
Intermountain Healthcare: 8 percent
athenahealth: 8 percent
Pushing the boundaries of quality of care
Mayo Clinic: 33 percent
Cleveland Clinic: 27 percent
Theranos: 13 percent
Geisinger: 7 percent
Intermountain Healthcare: 7 percent
Kaiser Permanente: 7 percent
Google: 7 percent
Most visionary
Geisinger: 30 percent
Cerner: 20 percent
Cleveland Clinic: 10 percent
Epic: 10 percent
GE: 10 percent
Google: 10 percent
HCA: 10 percent
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