Innovation Blog

Browse for insights and best practices to keep pace with technology advancements, recognize when to deploy and to forecast disrupters on the horizon to maximize growth and expansion.

Monitoring Everything, Seeing Nothing: The Visibility Gap in Patient Care

by Nayan D. Patel | September 1, 2026 | PDS Blog | 0 Comments

I've sat in the Chief Information Officer (CIO) seat at several hospitals and watched clinicians make rounds, nurses chase call lights, and administrators build dashboards full of data. Unfortunately, much of that data arrives too late to drive real-time clinical decisions. The uncomfortable truth is we were excellent at documenting what...

Fostering a Culture of Ideation

by Christy Overall | September 1, 2026 | PDS Blog | 0 Comments

At its core, invention starts with an idea. A vision. And most leaders agree that the best ideas are a result of considering a lot of ideas. It’s a numbers game; it’s why brainstorming is such a popular technique in problem solving. The aim is to create a lot of possibilities to get to the best possible solution. But what if we want to move...

Improving the Innovation Engine in Research-Driven Organizations

by Hitesh Mehta, M.D., MTech, Ph.D. | September 1, 2026 | PDS Blog | 0 Comments

Blurring the Lines: Merging Innovation and Technology Transfer for Better Results When a research organization sets out to build an innovation function from the ground up, the instinct is to start with infrastructure: idea management platforms, evaluation software, IP and portfolio management systems, business development pipelines, client...