Why UnitedHealth & the Mayo Clinic Created Optum Labs

Optum Labs’ Paul Bleicher explains why a new open innovation center was created, the key to getting everyone to play nicely , and how they’ll measure success…

September 10, 2014 · 1 min read

In early 2013, health insurer UnitedHealth Group and the vaunted Mayo Clinic in Minnesota had a big idea — to create a kind of Bell Labs for the healthcare industry. The initiative, called Optum Labs , and overseen by UnitedHealth’s IT division, Optum , would seek to leverage…