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VOLUME 12 ISSUE 4, APRIL 2016
Staff-created ideas will soon be
Driving our future Innovation Accelerator
Photos: Randy Berger and Russ Weller
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Dozens of team members pitched their best ideas for improvement at the first Innovation Accelerator. CoxHealth leaders and board members served as judges in the final “shark tank”-style presentations.
he innovative ideas flow quickly from the stage: kiosk check-in for clinic visits, an interactive health care app, a 24-hour urgent care, a mobile clinic for rural areas. One by one, CoxHealth staff members take the stage and give their best pitch for a new way to serve patients, solve problems, expand care and change the way we do business. Participants have one minute each to convince an audience that their idea is a
winner. The best proposals are chosen by popular vote and participants then break into teams to develop the best seven concepts. Those top ideas will be presented to a panel of CoxHealth executives and leaders in a fashion similar to the entrepreneurial reality TV show “Shark Tank.” It’s all part of the inaugural edition of the CoxHealth Innovation Accelerator, an intensive 25-hour event hosted by The eFac-
tory. The goal is simple: gather 50 engaged employees to brainstorm creative approaches and identify new projects that can transform health care in our region. “This is about innovation from the inside,” says Scott Rogers, system director, performance integration and innovation. “This event will help us drive our culture toward even more openness to new ideas and See INNOVATION, Page 13