Fortune includes 21 health systems in most innovative firms list
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES — International magazine Fortune has included 21 health systems in its ranking of the 200 most innovative firms in the U.S.
The ranking — a collaboration between Fortune and Statista — evaluated companies based on three dimensions: product innovation, process innovation, and innovation culture.
Product innovation is 50% weighted by patent score and 50% by the opinions of experts and prospective customers.
As Fortune aptly noted, these companies are “transforming industries from the inside out,” a testament to the relentless pursuit of excellence that defines the healthcare landscape’s most innovative players.
Below are the 44 companies in the healthcare sector ranked in 2024, with health systems bolded.
- Johnson & Johnson
- Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)
- Houston Methodist
- Abbott Laboratories
- Humana
- UnitedHealth Group
- Cleveland Clinic
- Boston Scientific
- Mass General Brigham (Boston)
- Pfizer
- Laboratory Corp. of America
- Cardinal Health
- AbbVie
- ABB Optical Group
- Cincinnati Children’s
- Cigna
- WVU Medicine (Morgantown, W.Va.)
- Align Technology
- 4D Molecular Therapeutics
- The University of Kansas Health System (Kansas City, Kan.)
- Amgen
- Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.)
- Becton Dickinson
- Henry Ford Health System (Detroit)
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- Baylor Scott & White Health (Dallas)
- Cedars-Sinai (Los Angeles)
- Atrium Health (Charlotte, N.C.)
- Intermountain Health (Salt Lake City)
- Elevance Health
- UPMC (Pittsburgh)
- Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.)
- Orlando (Fla.) Health
- McKesson
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Bristol Myers Squibb
- Health Care Service
- Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
- Atlantic Health System (Morristown, N.J.)
- Baptist Health South Florida (Coral Gables, Fla.)
- Simplify Healthcare Technology
- Centene
- Banner Health (Phoenix)
- DaVita
