Tampa General Hospital Showcases Commitment to Innovation in Health Care with Inaugural TGH Innovation Week and TGH Ventures Summit

The region’s only university-affiliated academic health system will convene leading innovators transforming the health care landscape in Tampa Bay and beyond to inspire team members and solve real-world problems.

 

Tampa, FL (Sept. 9, 2024) – As the region’s only university-affiliated academic health system, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) is at the forefront of groundbreaking research, pioneering advancements and world-class training that are reshaping the future of care delivery across the industry. To celebrate how the organization’s culture of innovation drives its mission to deliver exceptional patient care and advance medical research, treatment and education, Tampa General is kicking off its inaugural TGH Innovation Week and TGH Ventures Summit today through Sept. 13. These events are designed to inspire team members to accelerate innovation across the system and empower them to play an active role in bringing innovative ideas to life with tangible tools and takeaways.

Tailored to the theme, “Inspire. Empower. Practice.,” the inaugural TGH Innovation Week event offers dynamic and engaging programming curated to spark curiosity, creativity and collaboration for all team members as they continue pushing boundaries and reimagining what’s possible for health care. Additionally, the event curates an environment conducive to creating connections with peers, mentors and leaders to exchange ideas, build partnerships and identify potential opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration.

“As a health system practicing true academic medicine, innovation is inherently woven into the cultural fabric of who we are as an organization,” said John Couris, president and CEO of Tampa General. “Bringing Innovation Week to our team is our way of driving home the idea that innovation is a collective practice, and innovation can come from and be driven by anyone, regardless of where you sit within the organization, and that we should all be empowered to explore ideas that can make health care better for the communities we serve.”

TGH Innovation Week and TGH Ventures Summit programming, emceed by Lakshmi Shenoy, CEO of Embarc Collective, features inspiring sessions from:

• Scott Arnold, executive vice president and chief digital and innovation officer, Tampa General
• Andrew Bouldin, partner, FCA Venture Partners
• Stacey Brandt, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, Tampa General
• Tyler Carpenter, vice president of people, people and talent, Tampa General
• Devin Carty, CEO, Martin Ventures
• John Couris, president and CEO, Tampa General
• Ron Doncaster, interim chief operating officer, Tampa General
• Peggy Duggan, MD, executive vice president, chief physician executive and chief medical officer, Tampa General
• Wendi Goodson-Celerin, senior vice president and chief nursing executive, Tampa General
• Drew Graham, co-founder and managing partner, Ballast Point Ventures and chairman, Tampa General Board of Directors
• Tom Hawes, managing director, Sandbox Ventures
• Brian Kalis, managing director and strategy lead of health, Accenture
• Allison Massari, international keynote speaker, entrepreneur and award-winning visual artist
• Ezra Mehlman, managing partner, HEP Fund
• Tim Moore, CEO and founder, Vū Technologies
• Dr. Mark Mosely, executive vice president and president, USF + Tampa General Physicians
• Mark Runyon, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Tampa General
• Dr. Abe Schwarzberg, executive vice president, chief of oncology and president of the Tampa General Provider Network (TGPN) and vice president, Clinical & Translational Research, TGH-USF Health Joint Office of Clinical Research
• Tom Sequist, MD, MPH, chief medical officer, Mass General Brigham
• Jack Shields, founder, Shields Health Solutions
• Adam Smith, executive vice president and chief ambulatory care officer, Tampa General
• Jason Weida, secretary at the Agency for Health Care Administration

Throughout the week, participants can join creative workshops led by experts from Dali Labs at The Dali Museum and Steven Granese with Compass Productivity, designed to equip participants with new tools and frameworks for everyday innovation, and take part in an exciting new format, 3 for 60 Lightning Talks, a twist on the traditional panel discussion where innovators will tell three different stories during a 60-minute exploration of innovative initiatives at work in Tampa General.

 

“At Tampa General, so much of our work is driven in partnership with organizations that are revolutionizing the health care industry through their own sector expertise, whether in technology, artificial intelligence or otherwise,” said Scott Arnold, executive vice president and chief digital and innovation officer of Tampa General. “Bringing our team together to learn from this diverse group of experts, who are innovators in their own right, demonstrates that not only are we committed to investing in innovation, but we recognize that it can look like a lot of different things to different people.”

Building upon the TGH Innovation Week programming, TGH Ventures — Tampa General’s dedicated corporate venture capital arm and innovation team — will host its first-ever TGH Ventures Summit for the health system’s leaders, venture capital partners and TGH Ventures portfolio companies.

The TGH Ventures Summit will showcase the innovative solutions of early-stage companies that TGH Ventures identified as having significant potential for streamlining access to comprehensive health care, lowering costs, optimizing care delivery methods and enhancing the overall patient experience, and has directly invested in to help develop and bring these solutions into the patient care environment at Tampa General.

By financially and strategically supporting businesses with leading-edge ideas, Tampa General and TGH Ventures ensure that patients, health care providers and team members will continue to benefit from the latest innovations in care for years to come.

“The work we do at TGH Ventures is essential to ensuring that great ideas with transformative potential for the health care industry make it past the idea stage and get the opportunity to fulfill the promise we see in them,” said Rachel Feinman, vice president of innovation at Tampa General and managing director of TGH Ventures. “We are excited to have this new opportunity, through the TGH Ventures Summit, to put the spotlight on businesses — and their leaders — who share our mission and are creating the future of health care right here in Tampa Bay.”

Founders of TGH Ventures portfolio companies will participate in The Long Conversation, a series of short, two-person, unmoderated dialogues featuring:

• Timothy L'Hommedieu, founder of Atlas Health, a leader in philanthropic medical financial aid, saves and improves lives by empowering health systems to match, enroll and collect from over 20,000 patient assistance and health equity programs through Atlas Navigator, an end-to-end patient advocacy solution powered by artificial intelligence.
• Derek Streat, founder of DexCare, a care orchestration platform-as-a-service designed to manage the health system capacity and logistics of digital-care delivery — from discovery and search to schedule, and demand across all lines of care.
• Samson Magid, founder of HealthSnap, a leading provider of integrated digital health solutions designed to optimize patient care and health outcomes. By seamlessly integrating patient health data, remote monitoring and actionable analytics, HealthSnap supports improved decision-making and enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of health care delivery.
• Derek Lo, founder of Medallion, a solution for health care companies to fully offload their clinician operations — state license management, payor enrollment, credentialing and more — in one modern management platform.
• Emma Fauss, founder of Medical Informatics Corp., which strengthens health organizations’ ability to access, harness and leverage data to streamline clinical workflows and address challenges such as staff shortages and critical care capacity.
• Michael Rosenberg, founder of Medicom, a cutting-edge provider of healthcare IT solutions specializing in advanced medical imaging and data management systems. Its innovative platform integrates seamlessly with existing healthcare infrastructures, offering robust tools for efficient medical imaging, data analytics, and workflow optimization.
• Jen Lane, founder of ModifyHealth, a pioneering company dedicated to transforming dietary management for individuals with chronic conditions. Specializing in personalized, medically tailored meal plans, Modify Health provides nutritious and delicious meals designed to support specific health needs, including diabetes, heart disease and gastrointestinal issues.
• Dan Nardi, founder of Reimagine Care, which transcends the confines of brick-and-mortar hospitals and clinics and overcomes geographical limitations. Clinic wait times are avoided, visits do not feel rushed, and they can take place in the comfort of the patient’s personal space instead of in a sterile exam room.
• Gaurav Gaur, founder of ProcessBolt, a fully integrated AI-driven platform that extracts intelligence directly from vendor policy documents to populate security assessments and correlates that data with the vendor’s attack surface intelligence, reducing the assessment timelines from weeks to minutes.
• Abhishek Chandra, founder of Recora, which is redefining the future of heart health through its Cardiac Recovery Program for health systems, making it easier to recover from a cardiac event through immersive programs delivered online.

TGH Innovation Week (TGHIW) 2024 participants can also participate in the TGHIW Hackathon, a cornerstone of Innovation Week designed to ignite creativity and inspire change. This event invites all Tampa General team members, regardless of their role, to tackle real-world challenges and contribute to transformative solutions across the organization, culminating in a competitive pitch event at the end of the event.

More information about TGH Innovation Week 2024, including event programming and speakers, is available here.