Introducing Greenlight Engineering the Future of Healthcare
Imagination is everything. “
It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein
Together We Can Drive Healthcare Forward What We Do The mission of Baptist Health Innovations, part of Baptist Health South Florida, is to engineer the future of healthcare by providing physicians and staff with world-class resources to turn great ideas into transformative products, devices, therapies, hospitals and services. To further its mission, the organization has developed four innovation pillars that guide our activities. These pillars are technology management, applied research and education, corporate development and global programs. The achievement of specific goals within each of these pillars will drive healthcare innovation into the next generation and beyond. Greenlight is the inner circle of friends, family and associates using philanthropy to inspire a culture of innovation throughout Baptist Health. This elite group of supporters plays a vital role in allowing our renowned physicians, clinicians and other creators to reach their goals and shape the future of patient care.
Our Successes Over the past few years, Baptist Health Innovations has developed a track record of success in healthcare innovation. These are a few of our accomplishments: Philips Partnership: We entered a memorandum of understanding and subsequent Master Research Collaboration Agreement with Philips, a global leader in healthcare solutions and consumer products. We anticipate multiple research and development projects under this agreement, potentially involving all operational units of Baptist Health. Collaborations with other commercial and not-for-profit institutions are also in development. COTA Licensing: We negotiated two licenses with COTA, a healthcare technology firm with the aim of improving cancer care – the first for cancer data and a separate license for intellectual property regarding the means of analyzing treatment information for improved outcomes. Both licenses are royalty-bearing. Subsequently, Baptist Health Innovations co-led a Series D Round capital investment in COTA. We will continue to strengthen our collaboration with COTA as the company uses real-world data to improve outcomes in cancer care and oncology drug development.
NAVCISE Call Center Algorithm: Baptist Health Innovations has completed a collaboration and license agreement with QurHealth Solutions, Inc. centering on the NAVCISE Call Center Algorithm, which was developed at the Miami Cancer Institute. NAVCISE incorporates the utilization of patient language identification to route calls. Through the generous philanthropic support of a Baptist Health Foundation donor, Baptist Health Innovations is funding the creation of a NAVCISE prototype. This prototype, developed in partnership with QurHealth, will be tested and integrated into the Miami Cancer Institute call center. QurHealth will have approval to implement and license the NAVCISE technology to other institutions in the U.S. and elsewhere. New Sports Helmet Design: After spending several years as an advisor on traumatic brain injury for the NFL, Michael McDermott, M.D., chief medical executive of Miami Neuroscience Institute, started developing a better helmet design, capitalizing on his knowledge of basic physics and the nature of head injuries in football. The helmet could also be utilized for other sports, such as car racing, motorcycle riding, hockey and lacrosse. The novel design of this helmet is very promising.
Knight Fellowship: Supporting the Thought Leaders of Tomorrow Thanks to the generous support of the Knight Foundation, Baptist Health Innovations has launched the Knight Foundation Fellowship for Healthcare Technology Innovation. This competitive year-long fellowship is designed to attract, train and empower healthcare visionaries and entrepreneurs to develop a diverse and connected community of innovators at Baptist Health and in South Florida. The concepts, tools and network acquired by the fellows will lead to entrepreneurial and innovation activities that can benefit patients, providers and our community.
We have developed a dynamic program to provide education, training and need-based design principles. As part of this curriculum, our fellows apply multidisciplinary innovation tools to address real-world needs in healthcare – from managing a pandemic to improving medical access - via a team-based, experiential learning approach. By the end of Phase 1, the program intends to develop more than 100 fellows who will be leaders of the new “knowledge economy” of South Florida. In addition, an “Innovation Challenge,” in which ideas can be submitted to compete for seed funding, will fuel implementation of these solutions.
Greenlight at Baptist Health Innovations As a member of Greenlight, you become a vital supporter of Baptist Health Innovations, one of the fastest-growing hubs for the development of proprietary medical technology, inventions and collaboration in the Southeast. This prestigious program recognizes exceptional leaders who provide philanthropic support for our mission of engineering the future of healthcare by fostering a culture of innovation. You will help provide worldclass resources to turn great ideas into transformative products and services designed to improve the health and healthcare of our communities. It is a unique opportunity to leave a valuable legacy by helping advance healthcare not just in South Florida, but around the globe. Greenlight welcomes individuals, foundations and organizations with a history of pioneering success and supporting innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit. Members provide connections, knowledge and expertise to help elevate Baptist Health South Florida as a leading organization in healthcare innovation. They learn firsthand from our creators, inventors and clinicians about innovative projects and major breakthroughs, and assist us in developing solutions to healthcare challenges, now and in the future.
Program Benefits • Baptist Health Foundation Giving Society benefits • Special reports and recognition • Invitation to Annual Meeting and project updates • Special recognition on the digital walls within our facilities • Special recognition on the Baptist Health Innovations website • Special recognition in the Baptist Health Foundation annual Celebration of Generosity program book and the Foundation website •
Special Invitations to Baptist Health Innovations’ events (e.g. pitch days, technology symposiums, etc.) throughout the year
• Invitation to VIP reception at Knight Fellowship graduation • Ability to attend certain Knight Fellowship lectures • Annual dinner with Chief Medical Innovation Officer and other Baptist Health executive leaders • Naming opportunities based on giving level* *Naming options are limited and based on availability
Baptist Health Innovations Leadership
Barry T. Katzen, M.D. Chief Medical Innovation Officer
Mark Coticchia Corporate Vice President
For more information, please visit Innovation.BaptistHealth.net
Joining Greenlight Membership is open to leaders in our community committed to investing their passion, time and connections, as well as a philanthropic contribution of $500,000 or more. For more information about Greenlight and membership opportunities, please contact Megan Cottle, Foundation Director of Institutional Giving, at MeganCo@BaptistHealth.net.