Cohort 1

Award Period: July 2021 – January 2023

The following are our 2021 Innovation Challenge Awardees. All projects are now complete and sustaining.

Explore each project and their outcomes below. 

• In-situ, Inter-professional Simulation to Improve the Response to Rapidly Deteriorating Patients
  • Publication: Why innovation is more than a buzzword for UMMC's CEO
• Towards Pin-less and Non-invasive Low-intensity MR Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) Treatments: Development, Testing and Clinical Implementation of Maryland MR Head and Neck Restrainer System
• Pharmacy Drug Spend Optimization
• A CAR-T Assessment and Treatment Mobile Optimized Website
• Development and Implementation of an Agitation Management Guideline to Reduce Agitation in Patients with Acute Traumatic Brain Injury
• Bedside Procedure Safety Through Interprofessional Education 

Cohort 1 awardees celebrated the completion of their 18-month long projects with a graduation celebration in March 2023. 

For questions regarding the Innovation Challenge, please email UMMC_Innovate@umm.edu.