TLI's Innovation Hub

Ideas → technology → development → operational execution allows us to find effective ways to implement innovation across an organization.

Although “innovation” is frequently a buzzword or hot topic, few organizations truly understand how to implement innovation into an existing organizational culture like TLI does. There are so many new methodologies, technologies, and tools available today that it is difficult to determine which ones add real value and are relevant to what we are trying to accomplish. Often, the true value of innovation can be determined by our conceptualization of it and knowing how to responsibly and appropriately apply it in a beneficial way.

TLI launched the Innovation Hub in collaboration with our Fellow from American University to evaluate emerging technologies that can improve health and economically empower underserved populations.

Technology becomes useful at the crossroads of value, usability, and design.

Technology is right when you do not think about the technology, only the output and outcome. Determine outcomes before deciding on the technology. Anticipate flexibility, agility, and resilience as much as possible. Technology can help assess, plan, and measure progress. Getting the technology right is a challenge far more profound than choosing sensors, devices, apps, or securing networks. Technology is a tool to increase the value and usability of the data available to us. New and emerging technologies become impactful when properly employed in a well-crafted system designed to improve performance, health, or well-being, or to solve complex problems.

Case Studies

Operation Live Well

We supported the BHMC pilot program for the Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP) at the Uniformed Services University (USU).

Enhanced Patient-Centered Medical Home Framework

We created the Enhanced Patient Centered Medical Home framework and transformative model, anchored to principles of good primary medical care, accepting the basic requirements for a PCMH.

Fort Belvoir Clinic Workflow Pilot Program

Secure care redesign project by Fort Belvoir Community Hospital to build a new operating model for primary care around patient-centered medical home research.