Top Innovator Organizations - 2023

Based in Evanston, Illinois, NorthShore – Edward-Elmhurst Health serves six northeast Illinois counties through nine hospitals and more than 300 office locations.

Leaders have:

• Developed an approach to clinical genomics geared toward connecting all clinicians and patients with relevant insights. The organization offers genomics as part of every annual physical and mammogram, with more than 40,000 patients tested clinically.
• Created and commercialized polygenic risk scores, enabling more advanced risk prediction for diabetes, cardiology, oncology, neurology and other specialties.
• Worked through the organization’s foundation to support patients who could not afford genomics and with researchers to identify cultural barriers in key populations served.