Center for Innovation

As technology is expanding its reach throughout our everyday lives, the Virtua Center for Innovation is reimagining the way healthcare services are delivered today.

Team members and forward-thinking partners collaborate to foster and implement advanced technologies that enhance patient experiences, improve population health and reduce costs in the new era of healthcare.

Location

301 Lippincott Drive, Suite 300
Marlton, NJ 08053
innovation@virtua.org

What We Do

Functions

Create an environment that encourages and promotes collaboration among all facets of healthcare delivery throughout Virtua.
Take on a front line approach to finding and implementing innovative ideas by engaging and giving control of innovation to Virtua staff.
Catalyze innovative energy by inspiring and equipping associates to unlock their potential to create and improve.
Serve as a portal for new ideas and better practices both inside and outside of healthcare.
Serve as an entry point for small startups to access and navigate the broader healthcare landscape.

Research & Development

The Virtua Center for Innovation is currently focusing on the following areas of research and development:

Augmented Reality (AR)
Virtual Reality (VR)
Wearables
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Machine Learning (ML)
Blockchain
3D Printing
Connect Health Devices
Voice Assistants

Projects

Pediatric Virtual Reality Use as a Pain Distraction Technique

Partner with Virtua Child Life and Applied VR
Create an immersive experience to distract pediatric patients from pain or anxiety.

Nursing Innovation Challenge

Partner with Virtua Center for Learning
Request to nursing for innovative ideas; work with winner to develop out idea further.

Wearable/AI Sports Medicine Platform

Partner with Dynasty Innovation and OrthopaedX
Provide remote patient monitoring for patients followed by Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, and Physical Therapy.

Center for Innovation Bot Implementation

Partner with Microsoft
Create automated bot knowledge base to assist Virtua Center for Innovation web site visitors.

Pediatric Virtual Reality

Martin, 16, is a typical teenager who loves to play video games for fun. But he also plays for another reason - distraction. Martin suffers from occasional pain that is the result of sickle cell disease.

Mild or severe pain can happen anywhere in the body and can come on suddenly. The pain can last for a few hours, a few days, or sometimes longer.

Virtua is using the latest in technology in virtual reality to help patients like Martin in pain management. In the following video, learn about distraction-based virtual reality therapy, a new dimension in medicine that taps technology and the mind’s curiosity.