Innovation

Welcome to the Hartford HealthCare Innovation Hub

This website is your gateway to discovering how Hartford HealthCare is transforming ideas into real-world impact. Whether you're an entrepreneur, clinician, researcher, or industry partner, we invite you to explore our innovation ecosystem, learn about our collaborative approach, and submit your proposal to partner with us in shaping the future of healthcare.

Center for AI Innovation in Healthcare

It’s impossible to ignore the promise that Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers to expand capabilities — including those in healthcare. But harnessing the power of AI requires great diligence, intense research, and partnerships to ensure the technology is trustworthy and reliable.

Our Center for AI Innovation in Healthcare is committed to advancing healthcare delivery, improving patient outcomes, and shaping the future of medicine.

 

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 Announcements/Upcoming Events

 

Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM EST

Location: Microsoft Teams Meeting

About the AI Summit: Hartford HealthCare’s first AI Summit is a live event designed to showcase how we are safely and responsibly accelerating the use of artificial intelligence across healthcare. Through keynotes, panels, and networking, attendees will explore how HHC’s innovation ecosystem is advancing AI from bench to bedside.

This summit highlights a proven framework for unlocking AI’s full potential while safeguarding quality, safety, and compliance. Whether you're a healthcare provider, technologist, investor, or innovator, join us for an inside look at how Hartford HealthCare is shaping the future of AI in medicine. 

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Our Evolving Innovation Ecosystem

A vibrant integrated healthcare delivery system such as Hartford HealthCare can afford a remarkable opportunity to early and late stage companies.

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Innovation Social Media, News & Media Coverage

Social Media Coverage

 
LinkedInBarry Stein spoke about  leveraging AI capabilities to improve patient care at the 2025 CHAI Summit LinkedInAI in Healthcare Workshop at MIT LinkedIn"Leadership using Quantitative and Qualitative Methods" course at MIT LinkedInImpact of Generative AI on the Workforce at the CT Capital Area Tech Partnership

Media Coverage

 
PR Newswire
Hartford HealthCare Earns Modern Healthcare's Innovators Award
Updated: Apr. 15, 2025
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Yahoo Finance
Hartford HealthCare Earns Modern Healthcare's Innovators Award
Updated: Apr. 15, 2025
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Healthcare Finance
Streamlining workflows through AI relationships
Updated: Feb. 18, 2025
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Becker's Hospital Review

The 6 pillars of AI at Hartford HealthCare
Updated: Jan, 23, 2025
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US-based healthcare network Hartford HealthCare has partnered with Israeli health technology company Aidoc to improve diagnosis speed and care coordination via AI solutions.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2025
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PR Newswire
Hartford HealthCare and Aidoc today announced the launch of a new partnership to innovate and integrate tailored clinical artificial intelligence solutions that aim to enhance the speed to diagnosis, reduce care delays and connect the right care team to the right patient at the right time.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2025
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An Enterprise Imaging Journey Starts With Defining Your True North, Then Throwing in a Helping of Flexibility, says Hartford HealthCare Chief Clinical Innovation Officer & Chief Medical Informatics Officer Dr. Barry Stein.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2024 
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WTNH News 8WTNH:
Hartford HealthCare and GE HealthCare extend partnership
Updated: Mar 14, 2024 / 12:59 PM EDT
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GE HealthCare and Hartford HealthCare Renew and Evolve 7-Year Collaboration to Advance Patient Care and Access in Connecticut.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2024
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Hartford HealthCare launches new AI center to help with operations
Updated: 1:34 PM EST February 15, 2024
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Hartford HealthCare to launch Center for AI Innovation
Updated: Feb 15, 2024 / 06:27 PM EST
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Hartford HealthCare launches AI center
Updated: Feb. 15, 2024 at 7:00 PM EST
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Latest Innovation News

July 15, 2025

HHC Receives Prestigious Honor from The American Hospital Association

The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced that Hartford HealthCare is the 2025 recipient of the AHA Quest for Quality [...]

April 15, 2025

HHC Earns Innovators Award from Modern Healthcare

Hartford HealthCare (HHC) is honored to announce that it has been awarded Modern Healthcare’s Innovators Award, recognizing its groundbreaking efforts [...]

February 21, 2024

Media Covers Center for AI in Healthcare Opening

The potential of artificial intelligence to boost the delivery, access and cost of healthcare drew local, national and international news [...]

February 15, 2024

Hartford HealthCare Launches Center for AI Innovation in Healthcare

Seeking to harness the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to safely enhance patient care, Hartford HealthCare has unveiled its [...]

October 04, 2023

IOL Receives Funding to Study Brain Mechanisms in Adults with Autism

Two researchers in the Institute of Living’s Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center received federal funding to determine if brain function related [...]

March 31, 2023

Hartford HealthCare Named One of America’s Most Innovative Companies

  Hartford HealthCare has been named to the Fortune list of America’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023. This prestigious award [...]

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