1. 1 Findings from a Survey of Health Care Delivery Innovation Centers April 28, 2015 Sarah Klein, Martha Hostetter, Douglas McCarthy, and Susan Hayes

2. 2 What Is a Health Care Delivery Innovation Center? We defined innovation centers as places that are working to discover, develop, test, and/or spread new models of care delivery—in hospitals, clinics, and patients’ homes. The innovations they test may be internally developed or adopted from elsewhere.

3. 3 Fast Facts About Innovation Centers Surveyed QuestionRange of ResponsesMedian Year started1995–20142010 Annual budget (when disclosed) $150,000–$18,000,000$1,950,000 Number of staff (full-time equivalents) 1–2156 Time spent testing an innovation 1 week–3 years3–12 months Number of innovations being tested 2–10012.5 Time horizon for funding1 year–10 years1 year Note: Number of innovation center respondents varied from 21 to 32, depending on the question.

4. 4 What Do Innovation Centers Focus on? Notes: Percentages based on 31 innovation center respondents. Other responses include spending reductions, the uninsured, helping seniors age in place, teaching/education, data mining, and data analysis. Percent of innovation center survey respondents

5. 5 Which Groups Do Innovation Centers Partner with in Their Work? Percent of innovation center survey respondents Notes: Percentages based on 33 innovation center respondents. Responses reflect collaboration with group at any stage or phase of work (ideation, development, testing, or spread). Other partners include higher education, biomedical researchers, the National Institutes of Health, nonprofits, and public companies not specifically focused on health care as their core business.

6. 6 What Strategies and Sources Do Innovation Centers Use to Identify Potential Innovations? Notes: Percentages based 32 innovation center respondents. Other sources include staff and patients, seed grants/requests for proposals, foundations, and executive leadership.

7. 7 How Are Innovation Centers Funded? Percentage of Budget from Home Institution Number of innovation center survey respondents Other Funding Sources Notes: Percentages for pie chart based on 29 innovation center respondents; percentages for bar chart based on 32 innovation center respondents. Other responses include individual donors, universities, health insurers, and health care systems. We defined industry partners as medical device makers, pharmaceutical companies, and technology firms. 19 4 3