SEE YOU NOW Podcast

SEE YOU NOW Insight 12: Nurse Hackathons a Key to Innovation

September 4, 2025

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Hackathons are intense, fast-paced events where interdisciplinary teams come together to solve complex problems. In this SEE YOU NOW Insight from Episode 46: What The Hack? health economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn and nurse innovator Rebecca Love describe why it’s so important to bring nurses into the hackathon mix to help solve some of the most pressing problems in healthcare.

Very few nurses attended, but that a large portion of nurses were on the winning teams. So I thought, nurses must have the practical knowledge by which to create really great health care solutions.
Rebecca Love, RN, BS, MSN, FIEL

To listen to this Insight clip’s full episode visit SEE YOU NOW Podcast Episode 46: What The Hack? at at Apple, Spotify, or YouTube or at your favorite streaming platform.

Applications are open! Participation is free and open globally to nurse-led teams from health systems, nursing organizations, and U.S.-based nurse-founded startups. Teams must be from the same institution.


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In an inspiring display of nursing innovation, the nurse-led teams from the Ghanaian-Diaspora Nursing Alliance and Seattle Children’s Hospital have together been awarded a combined $185,500 in grant funding through the third annual NurseHack4Health Pitch-A-Thon. Meet the two teams here.
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