Building and sustaining a culture of innovation in nursing Academics, Research, Policy, and Practice: Outcomes of the National Innovation Summit.

Healthcare in America faces multiple major challenges, highlighting the critical need for innovative solutions to systemic problems. Nursing is uniquely positioned to lead innovation in healthcare. Nurses represent the largest segment of the healthcare workforce, have the greatest exposure to system failures, and must develop workarounds and solutions for the numerous daily gaps in healthcare delivery. However, multiple barriers limit nurses' ability to engage in the essential work of innovating the future of healthcare. With the goal of bringing attention and urgent action to the need for innovation at all levels of nursing and healthcare, experts in innovation from The Ohio State University gathered nationally recognized nursing leaders in the format of an Innovation Summit to identify gaps in and barriers to innovation in healthcare along with solutions. Using a collaborative process, experts at the Summit identified and developed initial solutions to identified gaps and barriers to innovation across four key areas, which for the purpose of the Summit, we have designated four pillars: Academics, Research, Policy, and Practice. The experts believed that a focus on instilling innovation in all four pillars is necessary to improve healthcare and nursing which will ultimately improve the quality and safety of healthcare as well as population health outcomes. Over the next year, this expert panel of innovation leaders will continue to refine its recommendations and action plans to accelerate innovation in the nursing profession. This article describes the vision, process, and initial outcomes of this National Innovation Summit.

How to leverage innovation models to achieve health equity: Build. Measure. Share.

The Future of Nursing 2020 to 2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (2021) highlights inequality throughout healthcare. People of color exhibit lower life expectancy levels than their White counterparts. LGTBQ individuals are 2.7 times more likely than heterosexuals to experience a violent crime . Lower-income individuals report their health status at lower levels than high-income earners. Health and healthcare in America are not equitable. With only 58% of healthcare organizations considering "Heath Equity" as a top-three priority, there is a substantial and dire need for innovation to fill the gap between the healthcare that is needed and what is being provided. This article explores the Build. Measure. Share. model for healthcare innovation as an approach to encourage and empower healthcare professionals to take meaningful steps toward creating an equitable and just health system.

A blueprint for nursing innovation centers.

BACKGROUND: The interest in and demand for healthcare innovation has heightened amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations are challenged to balance the goals of daily operations with innovation to stay relevant and compete in the marketplace. Innovation is critical for not only the success and sustainability of organizations, but the well-being of the faculty, staff, and clients they serve. PURPOSE: In this article, we present an overview of several Nursing Innovation Centers in the United States as well as examples of colleges without formal innovation centers but who are addressing innovation in their programs. METHODS: We examined the subjective experience of nursing innovation in seven colleges of nursing using semi-structured intervieweds and thematic analysis. FINDINGS: We discuss four themes for creating an innovation center or innovation focus and six themes important for sustainability and impact. In addition, we provide a working model for these themes and provide lessons learned along with trends and recommendations for the future. DISCUSSION: This information provides guidance and a framework for academic and practice organizations aspiring to create opportunities for innovation to flourish in their institutions. We also encourage leadership to critically evaluate and address biases in faculty hiring, research evaluation, publication practices, educational opportunities and mentoring to overcome the diversity innovation paradox.

An Outcomes Evaluation of an Innovation Studio on Interprofessional Learning, Job Satisfaction, and Intent to Stay Among Clinicians.

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the use of the Innovation Studio on interprofessional collaboration and attitudes toward interprofessional learning, job satisfaction, and intent to stay. BACKGROUND: The healthcare workforce is experiencing high burnout rates, and providers are unsatisfied with their work. Evidence supports that interprofessional collaboration is a key strategy to increase job satisfaction and intent to stay in healthcare professionals. The Innovation Studio is a tool to engage healthcare providers in interprofessional collaboration. METHODS: A pretest/posttest evaluation of the Innovation Studio with 14 healthcare professionals was conducted with self-reported scores on job satisfaction, readiness for interprofessional learning, and intent to stay as outcomes. RESULTS: Positive effects were found on interprofessional learning and intent to stay, but not job satisfaction. Eleven interprofessional projects were developed. Responses to open-ended questions indicated satisfaction with the Innovation Studio. CONCLUSIONS: The Innovation Studio was successful in stimulating numerous interprofessional projects and had a positive effect on interprofessional learning and intent to stay.