Insight 14: Everyone Welcome: The Lasting Change of Innovation

How Open Innovation Empowers Nurses to Strengthen Healthcare Systems

In this SEE YOU NOW Insight, nurse leaders Gaurdia Banister, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, and Hiyam Nadel, MBA, CCG RN, share how the Ether Dome Challenge at Massachusetts General Hospital is using open innovation to surface frontline solutions and strengthen care delivery. Against a backdrop of persistent nurse staffing shortages and a global talent emergency, they show how including every role group in innovation, and ensuring leadership engagement, communication, and follow-through, creates a culture where staff feel heard, valued, and supported. Innovation, they remind us, isn't just about solving problems; it's about caring for patients and caregivers, and building strong systems for the future.

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SEE YOU NOW is a podcast that shines a light on the real people changing the status quo in health: from nurses working in labor and delivery, with infectious diseases, and in hospice; to nurse allies in politics, business and tech. Created in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson and the American Nurses Association.

For more nursing innovation resources from ANA, visit https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/resources.

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