In this third year of the Nurse Innovator Award, we are celebrating the distribution of $95,000 to support work being done by innovative and entrepreneurial nurses. Included this celebration is the $25,000 Connie Clerici Nurse Entrepreneur Award.

The winners were announced at the Virtual Reception held on November 17, 2021, hosted by broadcast journalist Mary Ito.

This year we are particularly pleased with the diversity among the winners.  Our geographic coverage is expanding: we have representation from Ottawa, Brockville, Brampton and Downtown Toronto. We have winners from a large hospital, a smaller specialist hospital, and two community based programs.  Again this year, we believe that each of this year’s winning projects will have positive impact on nursing and patients for years to come. The ongoing support of the NIA Founding Donors, the Friends and Supporters, and other donors, is deeply appreciated.  And yet, with more support, we could increase our impact.  Click here for a list of projects that we were unable to fund.

We encourage you to take a few minutes to read the complete information about the winning projects. We are confident that you will be impressed and inspired.

Winners

mhapy

mhapy is a chatbot that uses natural language processing to have friendly, open-ended conversations with patients and perform mental health assessments. The chatbot establishes a baseline for the user and monitors for significant deviations from the baseline, sending notifications to the user’s chosen person when there are signs of decompensation.

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Nurse On Board (NOBI)

Nurse On Board (NOBI) employs highly skilled Registered Nurse Care Managers who represent the interests of their patients and family members, are the primary contact in the circle of care, and are perfectly positioned to assess their patients’ changing needs through interprofessional collaboration.

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Quickpick Clinical Items Finder

The Quickpick Clinical Items Finder proposes using a mobile application and QR technology to improve clinical supplies management.

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Soch Mental Health

Soch Mental Health is a community mental health promotion initiative aimed at providing the South Asian (SA) community with culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health information.

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