Nurse Innovation Hackathons

Focus: Solutions that catalyze a healthy environment for nurses and patients.
Award Structure: Select health system teams will be invited to participate in a Fall NH4H Innovation Accelerator and November Pitch-A-Thon, supported by ALL IN: WellBeing First for Healthcare and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation with the opportunity to receive up to $150,000 in grant funding to bring their ideas to life.

Focus: Solutions that catalyze a healthy environment for nurses and patients.
Award Structure: Teams will be eligible to receive a Drexel-SONSIEL Nursing Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate Program Scholarship.
What Is a Hackathon?
A hackathon is a weekend event that brings nurses and people from other professions together in-person or virtually to take on human health problems by creating solutions in a supportive setting with colleagues and mentors.
While hackathons started within the technology space, they have been used more broadly as a dynamic way to source solutions by bringing together a diverse group of problem solvers.
Nurses are innate problem solvers, and as part of our larger commitment to frontline health workers, Johnson & Johnson is committed to unleashing the power of nurses as innovative leaders to improve healthcare. We believe that hackathons provide a unique experience for nurses to flex their innovation muscles and receive the support and motivation needed to bring their ideas to life and improve human health.
Why Should You Attend?
Attending a hackathon is a great way to bond, brainstorm, develop and pitch healthcare solutions that will forever change the way you think about a problem, your perceived value and impact and your vision for your future in nursing and healthcare!
In the first NurseHack4Health Pitch-A-Thon, October 2022, ten nurse-led multidisciplinary health system teams took center stage to pitch their solutions for redesigning a healthcare workplace where nurses and other health care professionals can thrive.
Watch the NurseHack4Health Pitch-A-Thon Event and the finalist pitches here.
Congratulations! Three awardees received grant funds from #FirstRespondersFirst to bring their solutions to life:
- Read more about our Awardees and the other Finalists in Notes on Nursing.
- For additional information on the NurseHack4Health Pitch-A-Thon, visit NurseHack4Health.org.