The unveiling of two innovation facilities last week signals the willingness of payers to help find "actionable, outcomes-driven" healthcare solutions.
In Seattle, Cambia Health Solutions held a grand opening for Cambia Grove, a 9,000-square-foot innovation facility designed to provide "a collaborative environment for innovators, entrepreneurs, employers, the public sector, and community stakeholders," according to a company statement.
Nicole Bell, executive director of Cambia Grove, says her facility has grand innovation objectives.
"We are not an innovation center, accelerator, incubator, or co-working space," Bell said last week. "Our mission is to raise up the healthcare sector here and become a powerhouse cluster, more like Boston or Nashville for the healthcare industry. We encourage the regional health plans, providers, and large employers to figure out together what types of common unmet needs in healthcare we have, and commission some of the 'solutioning' work to entrepreneurs… We believe that matchmaking will encourage more novel approaches, as well as encourage young businesses to take root here."
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