Providing remarkable health care: Creating innovative solutions

The Isthmus Project is UW Health’s innovation hub, where medical and health care professionals turn ideas into real-world solutions. Many of these innovations start with a simple question: How can we improve care for our patients?

From breakthrough treatments to cutting-edge medical devices, the Isthmus Project supports innovators who are developing new ways to diagnose, treat and manage health conditions. Some of these solutions have the potential to transform health care beyond UW Health, improving lives on a broader scale.

Innovations making a difference

Recent advancements include:

• A medical device that enables continuous atrial rhythm monitoring, providing earlier detection of heart issues after major surgery

• Software that helps optimize care for late-stage cancer patients, ensuring personalized treatment plans

• An electro-mechanical device designed to improve treatment and long-term care for patients with hydrocephalus