Innovation Competition Launched

UC Health and the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center have launched the first-ever "Care Delivery Innovation Competition.” 

The purpose of this competition is to showcase successes in care delivery innovation, and to drive, recognize and reward novel ideas throughout the academic medical center in fulfillment of our tripartite mission of clinical care, education and research.

Winners will be awarded in November 2015.

The inaugural "Care Delivery Innovation Competition” will focus on telehealth solutions that enable more effective ways to provide care to patients by increasing efficiency, improving quality and enhancing access to care. 

Examples include home monitoring for complex patients, emergency consultations for providers in rural areas, outpatient video visits and specialist consults to primary care providers.

UC Health telehealth programs in stroke, transplant and psychiatry, as well as consultations at Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care, have already expanded the system's reach and ability to provide more efficient patient-centered specialty care.

UC Academic Health Center faculty and students in Colleges of Allied Health Sciences, Nursing and Pharmacy, with partners at the UC College of Engineering and Applied Science, are developing novel models for incorporating telehealth into health care education and are innovating new technologies for use in homes and in the clinical setting.

In a memo announcing the competition, William Ball, MD, senior vice president for health affairs and Christian R. Holmes Professor and Dean, UC College of Medicine, and Richard Lofgren, MD, president and CEO, UC Health, said, "By working together to build on these initiatives and further develop new ideas and approaches, we believe UC Health and the University of Cincinnati are poised to be leaders in telehealth innovation and health care delivery."

Who’s Eligible?

All health professionals and researchers within UC Health and the UC Academic Health Center currently part of a telehealth initiative in either the implementation or pilot stage. Proposals must represent collaborations between UC Health and the UC Academic Health Center.

Funding*          

A total sum of $20,000 will be awarded to each of the top two proposal teams, as determined by a panel of judges following a competition event. 

*Funding is allocated for program use only and cannot be used for salary support.

Process

Sept. 1, 2015:          Interested teams to submit Competition Entry Form to anya.sanchez@uchealth.com.

Sept. 15, 2015:        Teams chosen to move forward and present at the Competition Event.

Oct. 30, 2015:         Written proposal must be submitted electronically by 5 p.m. to Anya Sanchez.       

November 2015: Competition Event, selection by judges and winners announced.

March 2016:         Winning teams will present their projects at the National Telehealth Conference, co-                                           hosted by UC College of Nursing and UC Health.

Judging Criteria

Programs will be evaluated based on four areas:  

Innovation/Creativity:  30%

Scalability/Sustainability:  30%

Positive Impact (on cost, quality, access):  30%

Interdisciplinary Collaboration:  10%

Judges

A panel of judges will be selected from within UC Health and the UC Academic Health Center and/or affiliates.

Event

The judging process will occur during a Competition Event. All teams will present their programs before a panel of innovation experts who will determine the winners.

How to Enter

Download the Competition Entry Form (PDF) and return to Anya Sanchez at anya.sanchez@uchealth.com by Sept. 1, 2015. Trouble accessing the link? Copy and paste the following into your browser: http://bit.ly/Telehealth_CDIC_Form

Questions?

For more information, please contact Pamela Kimmel, UC Health’s director of telehealth, at 513-520-3716 or pamela.kimmel@uchealth.com.