Forty-two hospitals and health systems have signed on to a new $50 million innovation initiative from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, which was created by the ACA in 2010.
The Health Systems Implementation Initiative aims to share research and best practices for evidence-based clinical innovation. The projects are led by a variety of C-suite leaders, including chief medical information officers and chief innovation officers.
The organizations are:
AdventHealth (Altamonte Springs, Fla.)
Advocate Aurora Health (Milwaukee)
Ascension (St. Louis)
Atrium Health (Charlotte, N.C.)
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Cincinnati Hospital Children's Medical Center
Cleveland Clinic
CommonSpirit Health (Chicago)
Corewell Health (Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.)
Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.)
Geisinger (Danville, Pa.)
Harris Health System (Bellaire, Texas)
HonorHealth (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Inova Health System (Falls Church, Va.)
Intermountain Health (Salt Lake City)
Iowa City (Iowa) VA Medical Center
Jefferson Health (Philadelphia)
Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Pasadena)
MedStar Health (Columbia, Md.)
Mercy (Chesterfield, Mo.)
Montefiore Health System (New York City)
Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.)
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (Chicago)
OSF HealthCare (Peoria, Ill.)
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Queen's Medical Center (Honolulu)
Saint Luke's Health System (Kansas City, Mo.)
San Francisco Health Network
Stanford Medicine (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Temple University Health System (Philadelphia)
University of Chicago Medicine
University of Missouri Health Care (Columbia)
University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha)
University Hospitals (Cleveland)
UCSF Health (San Francisco)
University of Florida Health System
UPMC (Pittsburgh)
UW Health (Madison, Wis.)
Valleywise Health (Phoenix)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.)
WellSpan Health (York, Pa.)