Program model
Named programs that support nurses as inventors, operators, or commercial contributors.
Nursing innovation programs appear in the broader candidate list, but the current published directory does not yet include a profile that meets the source threshold for a named nursing-specific program. This page will grow as additional official programs are verified.
Until a profile is fully sourced, the directory does not publish a thin nursing-innovation page for a system that only mentions nurses in passing.
These sourced records show how hospital innovation programs are organized through this particular function.
What the directory shows
33 profiles
Los Angeles, California
Geri and Richard Brawerman Nursing Institute - Nursing Research and Innovation
The Geri and Richard Brawerman Nursing Institute is Cedars-Sinai's home for nursing research, education and innovation, reflecting a renewed institutional focus on nurse-generated science and practice change.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Aurora, Colorado
Patient Care Services Research Fellowship
The Patient Care Services Research Fellowship is an 18-month hospital-based fellowship run by the Patient Care Services research team at Children's Hospital Colorado in partnership with the University of Colorado College of Nursing.
Children's · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefReviewed August 30, 2026
Newark, Delaware
Nursing Research Fellowship in Robotics and Innovation
ChristianaCare's Nursing Research Fellowship in Robotics and Innovation is an eight-month program that puts bedside nurses in the lead on research and development involving collaborative robotics.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Cleveland, Ohio
Office of Nursing Research and Innovation
Cleveland Clinic's system-wide Office of Nursing Research and Innovation supports nurses who want to pursue research questions or develop innovative processes, systems and devices, on the premise that the most important ideas come from clinicians providing direct patient care.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Chicago, Illinois
Virtually Integrated Care (VIC)
Virtually Integrated Care is CommonSpirit Health's system-wide virtual nursing program, in which remote nurses support bedside teams with admissions, discharges, documentation, education and second-nurse verification.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefReviewed August 30, 2026
Lebanon, New Hampshire
Nursing Innovation Hackathon
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.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Durham, North Carolina
Health Innovation Lab (HILab) and Office of the Chief Nurse Innovation Officer
The Health Innovation Lab is a 20,000-plus-square-foot facility at the Duke University School of Nursing, adjacent to Duke University Hospital, that advances nurse-led models of care and translates clinical ideas into practice.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Atlanta, Georgia
Center for Data Science
The Center for Data Science, founded in 2015, is a research center at Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing that advances nursing and healthcare data science and acts as a bridge between the school and healthcare institutions.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefReviewed August 30, 2026
Edison, New Jersey
Bear's Den
Bear's Den is Hackensack Meridian Health's innovation and investment program, launched in 2017, that convenes quarterly panels to evaluate healthcare ideas and inventions from entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, partners and the system's own 36,000 team members.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Boston, Massachusetts
Center for Innovations in Care Delivery
The Center for Innovations in Care Delivery is Massachusetts General Hospital's formal structure for surfacing and developing ideas that originate with front-line nurses and other direct-care staff.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Houston, Texas
Institute for Nursing Excellence (INE)
The Institute for Nursing Excellence is Memorial Hermann's system-level nursing institute, described as built by nurses for nurses, with fostering innovation and accelerating adoption of best practices as one of its five stated goals alongside workforce, evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary role and outcomes goals.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
New York, New York
Center for Nursing Research and Innovation (CNRI)
The Center for Nursing Research and Innovation supports federally funded research led by Mount Sinai nurse scientists and facilitates multidisciplinary translational research intended to improve patient care and strengthen nursing practice through innovation and collaboration.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefReviewed August 30, 2026
Omaha, Nebraska
Innovation Design Unit (IDU)
The Innovation Design Unit is a 17-bed inpatient unit at Nebraska Medical Center that operates as a living laboratory where nurses, technologists, designers and patients co-develop and test new care delivery approaches before they are spread system-wide.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
New Hyde Park, New York
Institute for Nursing - Innovation Challenge and NurseHack4Health
Northwell Health's Institute for Nursing is the system's structure for nursing research, evidence-based practice and nurse-led innovation across its hospitals.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Peoria, Illinois
Nursing Innovation Lab and Nursing Innovation Fellowship
OSF HealthCare runs a dedicated Nursing Innovation Lab inside OSF Innovation that develops nurse-led solutions to improve care delivery and nursing workflow.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Office of Nursing Research and Innovation — Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
The Office of Nursing Research and Innovation at Penn State Health Milton S.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefReviewed August 30, 2026
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sanford Innovation and Commercialization
Sanford Innovation and Commercialization is the innovation office of Sanford Health, the large rural health system serving the Upper Midwest.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
San Diego, California
Sharp Prebys Innovation and Education Center
The Sharp Prebys Innovation and Education Center is a 70,000-square-foot, four-story facility at Sharp HealthCare's Kearny Mesa headquarters campus built to advance research, training, workforce development, innovation, education and technology across the system.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefPartially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Houston, Texas
Center for Nursing Research, Innovation and Quality (NRIQ)
The Center for Nursing Research, Innovation and Quality is Texas Children's Hospital's infrastructure for clinical inquiry by nurses, described by the hospital as the means to advance the frontier of nursing knowledge and improve practice and patient outcomes.
Children's · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Columbus, Ohio
Innovation Fellowship, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership
The Innovation Fellowship is a 12-month interdisciplinary program run by the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership at the Ohio State University College of Nursing, which exists to bring together leaders in innovation, entrepreneurship, education, practice and research.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefReviewed August 30, 2026
Columbus, Ohio
Innovation Studio
The Ohio State Innovation Studio is an interprofessional maker and venture space founded inside the College of Nursing that brings students, faculty and staff together to build healthcare products, services and software.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Kansas City, Kansas
Department of Innovation
The University of Kansas Health System's Department of Innovation works with frontline clinical staff, including bedside and perioperative nurses, to develop and commercialize their ideas.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefReviewed August 30, 2026
Los Angeles, California
UCLA Health Innovation Challenge
The UCLA Health Innovation Challenge is an annual competition run by the UCLA Health Office of Innovation that invites faculty, staff, trainees, students, patients, caregivers, volunteers and community members to submit ideas that advance care delivery and health equity.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefReviewed August 30, 2026
San Francisco, California
Center for Nursing Excellence & Innovation (CNEI)
The Center for Nursing Excellence & Innovation is the UCSF Health Department of Nursing's hub for professional nursing practice, education, leadership and innovation.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Amherst, Massachusetts
Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation (EMCNEI)
The Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation pioneered what it calls the Nurse-Engineer research approach: bidirectional, real-time collaboration in which nurses identify healthcare challenges and engineers help develop, refine and evaluate solutions.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
generate
generate is an open-access medical technology and learning lab (a hospital makerspace) at UnityPoint Health - St.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Storrs, Connecticut
Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center
The UConn Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center pairs nurses, who are positioned to identify healthcare problems, with engineers who can translate those observations into working technology.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Iowa City, Iowa
Nurse Innovators Program
The Nurse Innovators Program helps nurses and other front-line clinicians across Iowa turn the informal workarounds they invent at the bedside into real, scalable products.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Healthcare Innovation Impact Program (HiiP)
HiiP is a suite of healthcare innovation support and engagement services housed at the University of Michigan School of Nursing that operates as a support hub for nurse-led innovation.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefReviewed August 30, 2026
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Penn Nursing Innovation Accelerator
The Penn Nursing Innovation Accelerator funds and coaches nurse-originated health care solutions at the earliest stage.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship (JJNIF)
The Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship is a one-year, team-based fellowship for chief nursing officers, nurse executives and senior nurse leaders drawn from U.S.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
Galveston, Texas
MakerHealth Space (MakerNurse deployment)
The MakerHealth Space at UTMB's John Sealy Hospital is billed as the first makerspace located inside a hospital, created so that nurses and other front-line staff can design, build and prototype their own solutions at the point of care.
Academic · Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
New Haven, Connecticut
Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Program
Yale New Haven Hospital's nursing innovation work is organized around its Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Committee, which supports teams of nurses running research and practice-change projects and helps them disseminate results at conferences and in peer-reviewed journals.
Nonprofit
Read the intelligence briefEditorially verified · Reviewed August 30, 2026
https://hospitalinnovationdirectory.com/program-types/nursing-innovation/