The Innovative Hospital Special Interest Group brings together healthcare providers, hospital managers, clinicians, researchers, technology companies, innovators, and public institutions interested in shaping the future of hospital care.

Hospitals today face growing pressure to deliver better outcomes, improve patient experience, optimise resources, respond to workforce challenges, and adapt to fast-changing technologies. Meeting these demands requires more than individual solutions. It calls for collaboration across healthcare, science, business, and the public sector.

This group creates a collaborative space where stakeholders can exchange knowledge, share practical experience, and explore innovations that support hospital transformation. It covers not only digital tools and medical technologies, but also organisational models, process improvement, care pathways, workforce support, interoperability, patient safety, and hospital efficiency.

It is a space for those who want to help hospitals become more connected, resilient, efficient, and patient-centred.



👥 Who this Group is for

The Innovative Hospital SIG is open to organisations and individuals involved in hospital innovation and transformation, including:

• Hospitals and healthcare providers

• Hospital managers and decision-makers

• Clinicians and multidisciplinary care teams

• Researchers and academic institutions

• MedTech, Digital Health, and Health IT companies

• Startups and innovation teams working with hospitals

• Public institutions and health system stakeholders

• Cluster organisations and ecosystem partners

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✨ What you gain as a Member

By joining the Innovative Hospital Special Interest Group, you can:

Connect with a multidisciplinary network | Engage with hospitals, companies, researchers, and public stakeholders working on the future of hospital care.

Explore practical innovation pathways | Exchange insights on digital transformation, workflow improvement, hospital technologies, and patient-centred service models.

Share implementation experience | Discuss real operational, clinical, and organisational challenges related to introducing innovation in hospital settings.

Identify collaboration opportunities | Build partnerships for pilot projects, technology validation, research initiatives, and hospital innovation programmes.

Support more effective and resilient hospitals | Contribute to solutions that improve quality of care, resource management, staff support, and patient safety.

Bridge innovation and real clinical needs | Help shape approaches that are practical, scalable, and aligned with the realities of hospital environments.



🔍 Why this matters

Hospitals are at the centre of healthcare systems, but they are also among the most complex environments in which to implement change. Without collaboration between providers, innovators, researchers, and policymakers, many promising solutions remain fragmented or fail to respond to real clinical and organisational needs.

Building a coordinated ecosystem around hospital innovation helps:

• improve quality and continuity of care

• support more efficient hospital operations

• strengthen patient safety and experience

• enable better use of digital and medical technologies

• support staff and organisational resilience

• accelerate adoption of practical, scalable innovation

The Innovative Hospital group aims to help hospitals move from isolated improvements to more integrated, sustainable, and future-ready models of care.



🤝 Together, we shape smarter hospitals and better care.