UNC School of Medicine Center for Health Innovation 2020 Innovation Pilot Award - call for proposals
The Center for Health Innovation of UNC Health Care and the UNC School of Medicine has announced the Innovation Pilot Awards for 2020. All UNC-Chapel Hill SOM and HCS employees from any affiliate are eligible to apply. Applications are due January 14, 2020 and as many as four awards of up to $50,000 each will be announced in March 2020.
The Center for Health Innovation initiates, evaluates, and supports the adoption of disruptive patient-centered innovations in the delivery and financing of health care that align with the quadruple aim. These innovations create a new value proposition for the customer, such as greater simplicity, convenience, and quality at a lower cost. The Center is interested in proposals of novel and innovative approaches to be piloted within the UNC Health Care System across a broad spectrum of interest areas, including:
- Innovative care delivery models and pathways (e.g., population health management, coordination of care, integration of care, novel patient engagement approaches)
- New technologies and new applications for existing technologies (e.g., applications, mobile applications, mobile devices, wearables, clinical devices, decision support)
- Advanced analytics (e.g., clinical risk assessment, event prediction and detection, health outcomes analysis)
- Business model innovations (e.g., financial incentives, new reimbursement models, changes to cost structure)
- Alternative staffing and new workforce development
- Translational research
Questions can be sent to innovatehealthcare@med.unc.edu