Melissa Spinks

Manager - Innovation Strategy & Operations

As a manager in Brigham’s Innovation Hub, Melissa specializes in launching new technologies and processes in large healthcare organizations. With deep experience in coaching teams on developing, selling, and implementing new technologies for providers, patients, and staff, Melissa is responsible for accelerating new ideas that solve some of healthcare’s most pressing problems. She enjoys problem solving and designing novel products that are “sticky.” She works with BWHers and start-ups to evaluate and plan their new ventures, considering both the quantitative and human factors in entrepreneurship.

Melissa is especially excited about the “Internet of Things” (IoT) revolution in healthcare. She believes that by using data to predict, inform, and activate health, the IoT can expand our knowledge about patients, inventory, employees, and other capital intense resources to help us deliver better patient care more efficiently.

Prior to working with the Innovation Hub, Melissa worked with BWH’s Physician Organization, devising strategic plans to engage physician-led teams in improving how care is delivered at BWH.