With this collaboration, says Mazelsky, Philips can put better technology out the door.

The designated hub of health and technology will only help further advance Case Western Reserve University's "considerable" footprint in biomedicine, says Pamela Davis, dean of the university's school of medicine. "This is an opportunity to make sure that our discoveries move from the bench to the bedside," she tells DOTmed News. "I'm excited to have the opportunity to interact with cutting-edge industry."

Davis points out that Case Western is able to offer academic tools to help companies succeed. But ultimately it comes down to being able to improve patient care by combining the best academics and technology out there.

"The important thing is to be able to have our hour of discovery taken to a state where it can be applied to human beings," she says.

Ros agrees, as he looks forward to bringing his hospital work across the globe.
"It's great to be able to expand what we have here in Cleveland globally, to bring to other researchers, other teachers, other clinics, who may use this equipment in any place around the world," he says.

The state of Ohio hopes to announce another hub within the next week, says Patt-McDaniel, and it plans to announce all eight hubs by September.

The first hub was announced last September in Dayton: the Ohio Aerospace Hub of Innovation focuses on aerospace, in particular, sensor technologies.

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