System News (Innovation) - Center for Healthcare Innovation

Center for Innovation’s Access Incubator will evaluate a wearable respiratory monitor that could help reduce length of hospital stays

by kelly | Nov 30, 2023 | News, System News (Innovation)

The newest participant in the Access Incubator at our Center for Innovation is Capnesity, a company that is developing a capnography Wearable Respiratory Analysis Device. The device would measure patients’ carbon dioxide levels at home rather than the patient...

Honey Heals: Regional One Health in Memphis is putting a unique product to the test

by mattkoyak | Dec 31, 2021 | In the News, News, System News (Innovation)

A Memphis startup aims to use honey to help heal wounds, and Regional One Health is putting its unique product to the test. “Apis” is a dissolvable patch made of honey from New Zealand and the structural protein collagen that protects wounds during the healing...

Regional One Health and West Cancer Center partner to provide cancer care at Midtown location

by mattkoyak | Mar 3, 2021 | In the News, News, Specialties, System News (Innovation)

Regional One Health has partnered with West Cancer Center and Research Institute to transition West’s Midtown location to a hospital outpatient department of Regional One Health. Now called Regional One Health Cancer Center, the facility offers an exceptional...

Center for Innovation furthers its mission of promoting young engineers and new health care concepts by partnering with Christian Brothers University

by mattkoyak | Dec 21, 2020 | Foundation, In the News, News, System News (Innovation)

Our Center for Innovation works with internal and external inventors to improve health care for patients at Regional One Health and beyond. The innovation center team recently started a partnership with Christian Brothers University that lets students contribute their...

Creating Change out of Challenge: Intubation tent provides additional layer of COVID-19 protection for providers

by mattkoyak | Sep 25, 2020 | Employee Spotlight, Foundation, In the News, News, System News (Innovation)

Regional One Health’s Center for Innovation is celebrating employees who are adapting to the challenges of COVID-19 by coming up with new ways of helping their patients and colleagues. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Frank Williams developed a tent that...

“If this works, it’s potentially transformative:” Regional One Health chosen as trial site for promising COVID-19 treatment

by mattkoyak | Sep 24, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News, News, System News (Innovation), Uncategorized, UTROP News

Regional One Health and University of Tennessee Health Science Center are taking part in trials for a therapy aimed at preventing coronavirus symptoms from getting worse. The treatment will also be tested on close contacts of coronavirus patients to see if it can...