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Johnson & Johnson, the Society of Nurse Scientists Innovators Entrepreneurs and Leaders (SONSIEL) and Microsoft have teamed up for the fifth year in a row to host the next NurseHack4Health virtual Pitch-A-Thon, supported by ALL IN Wellbeing First for Healthcare and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation.
The NurseHack4Health Pitch-A-Thon is free and open globally to non-profit/501c3 designation health systems, or those with a fiscal partner. Nurse-led teams should be interdisciplinary – collaborating across professions, departments and the health system maximizes creativity and innovation in problem-solving. Teams will receive coaching support throughout the process.
Applications open May 6 and are due August 2. The top entries will be invited to pitch their innovative solutions at a virtual session at 1:00 pm ET on October 15, with the opportunity to receive up to $150,000 in grant funding.
- Applications OpenMay 6, 2024
- Applications DueAug. 2, 2024
- Finalists SelectedAug. 30, 2024
- Innovation AcceleratorSept. 5 – Oct. 11, 2024
- Pitch-A-Thon EventOct. 15, 2024
What is NurseHack4Health?
NurseHack4Health is a community of nurses, healthcare professionals, developers, engineers, IT experts and other innovators focused on ideating and collaborating to address today’s most pressing healthcare challenges.
Through specialized programming, NurseHack4Health empowers participants with the skills and mindset needed to proactively address the dynamic challenges of healthcare. Our community began in 2019 with nurse Hackathons, weekend-long live and virtual events where individual nurses and teams envision and build solutions to real-world challenges.
Why Should You Attend?
Through our programming, nurses learn pragmatic ways to redefine complex healthcare issues, foster creative problem solving, prototype innovative solutions through human-AI collaboration, and integrate design methods into nursing practice and to develop a healthcare environment where nurses and patients thrive.
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