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Nursing Innovation Hackathon

Dartmouth Health

Editorially verified · Last reviewed August 30, 2026

Intelligence summary

Program at a Glance

Program mandate
Dartmouth Health's Nursing Innovation Hackathon, described internally as a Shark Tank for nurses, is a two-day event that trains front-line nursing staff in design thinking and then has them pitch solutions to problems they face daily. The inaugural event ran January 26-27, 2023 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and drew registered nurses, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, licensed practical nurses and licensed nursing assistants from across the system.
Organizational model
Nonprofit
Location
Lebanon, New Hampshire
Program types
Nursing innovationAcceleratorEntrepreneurship
Commercialization pathways
LicenseStrategic partnership
Focus areas
ClinicalArtificial intelligenceWorkforce
Public scale or maturity signals

Established 2023

Documented successes: Inaugural hackathon January 26-27, 2023 with 12 participants in 5 interprofessional teams; first place Go-Getter strap allowing staff to move two wheelchairs at once to expedite discharges, awarded a six-month mentorship with nursing innovation experts; second place Throughput Fairy patient-flow tracking system to reduce length of stay; third place HEART Project peer-to-peer nursing support program; championed by Susan A. Reeves, EdD, RN, Chief Nursing Executive of Dartmouth Health and EVP of DHMC

Official engagement route
Program website ↗Health system website ↗
Last reviewed
August 30, 2026

Mandate and remit

What This Program Does

Dartmouth Health's Nursing Innovation Hackathon, described internally as a Shark Tank for nurses, is a two-day event that trains front-line nursing staff in design thinking and then has them pitch solutions to problems they face daily. The inaugural event ran January 26-27, 2023 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and drew registered nurses, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, licensed practical nurses and licensed nursing assistants from across the system. Participants were split into teams, trained on design thinking and artificial intelligence, and judged on their pitches. The winning team was awarded a six-month mentorship with nursing innovation experts to develop its concept further. The event was organized by a Dartmouth Health nurse manager and backed by the system's chief nurse executive.

Areas of Focus

ClinicalArtificial intelligenceWorkforce

Commercialization Pathways

These routes appear in the program's sourced public record.

LicenseStrategic partnership

Publicly Reported Outcomes

  • Documented successes

    Inaugural hackathon January 26-27, 2023 with 12 participants in 5 interprofessional teams; first place Go-Getter strap allowing staff to move two wheelchairs at once to expedite discharges, awarded a six-month mentorship with nursing innovation experts; second place Throughput Fairy patient-flow tracking system to reduce length of stay; third place HEART Project peer-to-peer nursing support program; championed by Susan A. Reeves, EdD, RN, Chief Nursing Executive of Dartmouth Health and EVP of DHMC

Leadership and Structure

Organizational home: Nursing Innovation Hackathon, Dartmouth Health

  • Briana L. White — Manager of Clinical Quality and Care Management, Dartmouth Health Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; hackathon organizer

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Sources and Updates

Reviewed August 30, 2026. External source links open in a new tab.

  1. Nursing Innovation Hackathon official source ↗ — dartmouth-health.org. Accessed August 30, 2026.
  2. Nursing Innovation Hackathon source 2 ↗ — beckershospitalreview.com. Accessed August 30, 2026.

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