- A Note from Susan
- New Funding Opportunity
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April 26th Innovation Blender
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- Innovation Clinical Coach - Dr. Anne Breggia
- Innovator Updates
- Program Updates
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SUSAN AHERN
Vice President
of Innovation
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A Note from Susan
Susan Ahern - Vice President of Innovation, MaineHealth
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MaineHealth Innovation Celebrates 2 Years!
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In March 2020 during the early days of COVID-19, MaineHealth Innovation started its journey to foster the culture of innovation across MaineHealth and serve as the connective tissue between research, education and care.
Over the past two years, we have leveraged the insights and expertise of our 22,000 care team members to launch tools and resources to support innovation, such as our five core programs and an innovation fund. We have convened a strong network of innovation-minded community members and partners who believe in our MaineHealth vision of "working together so our communities are the healthiest in America" and our ability to transform care through innovation.
Our impact and the incredible success of our first two years is possible due to the commitment and courage of our innovators, leaders and partners. Our work and accomplishments can be seen in our 2020-2021 annual report and on our website.
In the years to come, I look forward to exploring and building new care team models, revenue streams and collaborations. Let's dream big together!
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INNOVATION CLINICAL COACH SPOTLIGHT
The MaineHealth Innovation Clinical Coaches help drive the success of MaineHealth Innovation by providing clinical leadership and expertise as innovators work to solve unmet care needs. Each month, an Innovation Clinical Coach will be highlighted to recognize their support of MaineHealth Innovation.
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Connect with Anne:
Learn more
about the
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Anne Breggia, PhD
Director, Center for Applied Science and Technology
Maine Medical Center Research Institute
“The investment MaineHealth has made in the innovation space will be highly impactful and further contribute to the outstanding health care we provide to our community.”
Anne Breggia, PhD, is the Director of the Center for Applied Science and Technology, a division of MMCRI, which provides the infrastructure needed to support our research enterprise through the coordinated integration of the clinical resources available at NorDx, the MaineHealth diagnostic laboratory and the research resources available through the MMCRI core facilities. As Director, Dr Breggia oversees the operations and strategic initiatives of the Center which include the Maine Medical Center (MMC) BioBank. The BioBank is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and collaborates with other academic institutes such as the Tufts biorepository in providing biospecimens annotated with extensive clinical data to the research community to aid in the characterization of disease with the goal of improved patient therapies and the advancement of science and personalized medicine. Dr Breggia is also the Chair of the Precision Medicine Council, a consortium of MaineHealth physicians and scientists who guide and support the precision medicine efforts of working groups in oncology, benign hematology, pediatrics, cardiology and neurology.
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Collapsible Aerosolized Particle Enclosure (CAPE)
Samir Haydar, DO, MPH will be presenting the CAPE innovation at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine conference on April 6, 2022. Samir's presentation, "Clinical Validation of a Novel Negative Pressure Device to Reduce to Reduce Viral Particle Aerosolization" will follow a demonstration of the CAPE innovation. The CAPE was created by MMC Emergency Medicine physicians in early 2020 in partnership with local industry partners Thermoformed Plastics of New England and Baker, Co. The team has received MaineHealth Innovation Ignite and Bonfire funds to move the innovation towards commercialization. READ MORE.
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Innovative Dermatology e-Consult
E. Vinny Seiverling, MD will be presenting at the upcoming American Telehealth Association (ATA) 26th Annual Conference & Expo in Boston on May 1-3, 2022. Vinny developed the first eConsult order in 2019 for Dermatology at MaineHealth. To date, she and her colleagues at MMP Dermatology have completed over 950 eConsults. Vinny featured this innovative approach to telehealth at a MaineHealth Innovation Blender event in 2020 where she gained valuable connections and insights to help advance this novel solution.
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PROGRAM UPDATES
Innovation Cohort | Innovation Elective | Innovation Fund | Innovation Blender |
Brewing Ideas Coffee Corner
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!
MaineHealth Innovation Spring 2022 Programs
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Last Call!
This 8-week program helps MaineHealth care team members advance an early innovative "back of the envelope" idea that addresses an unmet care need.
Application Deadline
April 1, 2022 at 12:00pm EST
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In this short video, MaineHealth innovator Bethany Sweet, CCLS explains how the Innovation Cohort helped her develop her idea.
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NEW!
Up to $10,000 is available to support novel ideas that solve an unmet health care professional education need. Care team members are invited to submit innovative learning and development models (e.g., curriculum), processes or products.
Application Deadline
April 29, 2022 at 11:59pm EST
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Do you have an idea to explore?
Join the MaineHealth Innovation Open Office Hours every other Friday from 12:00-1:00pm to talk to the MaineHealth Innovation team about ideas you have and any support you need to complete program applications. The next sessions are Apr. 8 and Apr. 22 from 12:00-1:00p.m. Register here.
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MaineHealth Innovation Services
Through education, connections and funding, we are fostering a culture of innovation across the MaineHealth system to advance novel solutions that address unmet care needs.
MaineHealth Innovation Center Programs
Help us celebrate innovation!
Help us celebrate innovation and create a resource for sharing
innovation across MaineHealth by submitting your innovation story!
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Let us know how we can help support innovation:
The MaineHealth Innovation
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