For more information, please submit an intake form.

Want to partner with UChicago Medicine?

At the Forefront of Innovation

The University of Chicago Medicine seeks to partner with companies at the forefront of patient care, bringing cutting-edge tools and approaches to bear on the most pressing challenges we face. The Innovation Intake Program is a streamlined process to learn about new ideas and partnership opportunities to improve clinical practice, patient experience and workflow. This Innovation Intake program offers an entry point to UCM for everyone from internal innovators to early-stage start-ups to established vendors with a new product. Whether a company is looking for mentorship, a pilot site, or a commercial relationship, this program finds the most promising solutions and forges a pathway to partnership.

Who is This For?

  • An external company looking to partner with UCM

  • A current vendor with significant product updates that materially change the functionality, data use, or risk profile of the product

  • Internal staff, faculty, or trainee who has developed a solution to implement or commercialize

  • Internal staff, faculty, or trainee who is requesting a new tool to solve a pain point

What Kinds of Products?

All software applications or hardware with software components that may be deployed in any UCM clinical, operational, or research environment

What Kinds of Partnerships?

  • Commercial vendor relationship

  • Pilots and research

  • Mentorship for internal innovators and early-stage start-ups

  • Link to UCM Venture Fund for start-ups seeking investment

How Does it Work?

The Review Process

Pre-Screen & Stakeholder Engagement

A small team reads each submission to determine whether it is a health system pain point and there is an internal champion to drive the work forward

Innovation Intake Committee Review

A group of leaders from key review areas rates the risks and benefits of the submission, and decides whether to recommend it proceed.

Departmental Reviews

The submission passes through each department below for review.

Final Decision

The final decision is made to move forward and the contracting process is complete.

Departmental Reviews

The Executive Sponsor will need to fill out the forms linked in bold type where relevant.

  • Data Science & Analytics
    • AI evaluation for all products with an AI or machine learning component
  • Supply Chain
    • RFI/RFP process for contracts over $500,000 per year
    • Market assessment for contracts under$500,000 per year
  • UCMIT
    • IT Project Request for non-research projects with an IT component
    • IT Research Project Request for research projects with an IT component
    • IT Discovery & IT Steering Committee evaluate and prioritize what resources required to implement a project
  • Finance
  • Revenue Cycle
  • Information Security & Privacy
    • Risk Assessment: a third-party review of vendor’s overall security posture and risks associated with the product
    • Security Standards Addendum (SSA): specific security requirements vendor needs to comply with
    • Business Associate Agreement (BAA): how vendor must protect and handle PHI
    • Master Service Agreement (MSA): terms and conditions governing the relationship

Submit your Innovation Intake Form Below