PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC), along with the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal (PSIJ) & Lab (SIL) are pleased to announce the 2016 Nursing & Community Social Innovations Lab winning idea that focuses on nurse-led innovations to improve health care.
The Patient Information Networking Group (PING), led by pediatric nurse Sunny Hallowell of Villanova, Pa., is a mobile platform dedicated to bridging the transition gap from hospitals to homes for new mothers and infants in Philadelphia. PING was selected the winner after Hallowell pitched her idea to a panel of entrepreneurs and philanthropists at PSIJ’s 27th edition launch presented in partnership with the Health Promotion Council and sponsored by the Independence Blue Cross Foundation.
“The Social Innovations Lab™ was a timely and extraordinary experience as it gave my team and me the framework to evolve the idea into a feasible product and service,” said Hallowell. “Without the Social Innovations Lab™ framework we would not be a position to seek investors.”
Community nurses and participants came from all over the region and included representatives from schools of nursing at University of Pennsylvania, Villanova University, and Community College of Philadelphia, as well as from Project Home and Public Health Management Corporation. Their ideas included a podcast focused on the farm-to-table movement, a service to improve respite care for the homeless, and a virtual CPR training program among many others.
Participants went through the Social Innovations Institute & Lab’s ™ intensive sustainable innovation process, which transforms both emerging and established leaders and their companies into sharper, smarter, better versions of themselves. Through interactive workshops and curriculum modules, participants imagine, refine, and pursue their own enterprises and innovations to solve social problems. Participants learn from experts with real-life experience and research knowledge on how to create social sector market opportunities, design new business models, and attract both seed money and sustainable funding from philanthropic and government sources.
“Community nurses are essential to the transformation of the American health system that is currently underway. We have barely begun to harness nurses’ creativity and ability to develop new solutions to entrenched health problems. With the support of the Nursing and Community Social Innovations Lab facilitated by the Social Innovations Institute & Lab ™, nurses have an incredible potential to lead innovations in health care delivery in our country and around the world,” said Tine Hansen-Turton, Executive Director of NNCC and co-founder of the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal and Lab.
“Both the Journal and the Institute & Lab showcase the very best in social impact within the Philadelphia region,” said Nicholas Torres, co-founder of the Journal and Lab. “The Lab is very important to helping launch social enterprises not only because we help participants develop business skills, but also because the pitch events put them into direct contact with potential social investors. What happens after the lab is just as exciting when many of these ideas turn into viable social enterprises.”
The Nursing and Community Health Social Innovations Lab was hosted by the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, the national voice for advancing nurse-led care nationally and internationally, and was supported by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
About the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium:
NNCC, an affiliate of Public Health Management Corporation, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit member association that advocates for advanced practice nurses as primary providers of health care and serves as an incubator for innovative, replicable, community-based health programs. The organization’s mission is to advance nurse-led health care through policy, consultation, and programs to reduce health disparities and meet people’s primary care and wellness needs. As part of this mission, NNCC works with organizations around the country to build healthy communities through community-based programs that help people lead healthier and safer lives. NNCC was officially incorporated in 2001 after being founded in the early 1990s by a group of advanced practice nurses in Philadelphia. From there, NNCC has grown into a national organization representing more than 250 nurse-managed clinics, serving more than three million patients across the country. For more information, visit www.nncc.us.
About Social Innovations Institute & Lab ™:
The Social Innovations Institute & Lab™ inspires civic and social leaders to better understand and undertake the process of innovation thinking and social entrepreneurship to solve some of the region’s most pressing social issues. To date, 500 ideas have been sourced; 100 ideas incubated; 52 Social Sector Businesses/Ideas (50% not for profit and 50% for profit) launched or launching within Health (35%); Education (15%); Food (13%); Human Services (13%); Technology (9%) and other sectors representing media, fair trade, veterans, and legal (15%). The Social Innovations Institute & Lab™ has resulted in $38,575,500 in revenues since 2013 with an additional $56,152,500 expected from 2016 to 2019, and has created 372 social enterprise jobs.
The Social Innovations Institute & Lab™ capacitates social sector leaders and entrepreneurs on measuring social impact; developing and creating social innovations; developing financial sustainability models; differentiating services/products from competitors; developing new markets; identifying and removing social/political barriers; assembling a competency based team; creating strategic partnerships; scaling and/or end game strategies; and creating an effective marketing strategy. The latest SIL began in January and was open to nurses, nursing students, and others with ideas to advance population and community health.
About the Social Innovations Partners:
Social Innovations Partners founded the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal and Social Innovations Institute and Lab™. Social Innovations Partners is dedicated to transforming companies and leaders by:
- inspiring leaders and organizations to dream;
- helping leaders and organizations tap into their own creativity to innovate;
- giving leaders and organizations the tools and knowledge to launch and grow their social sector ideas; and
- challenging leaders and organizations to think social impact, social policy, sustainability, and execution.
Social Innovations Partners, the team behind the Journal and Lab, can be accessed at www.socialinnovationspartners.org
About the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal:
The Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal is an online digital platform highlighting innovation in Philadelphia and the visionaries who make their dreams realities. The 27th edition, available online for free, appropriately focuses on how data drives innovation in health care delivery. The edition launched April 21st and included a live forum where nursing SIL participants pitched their social enterprise ideas to a panel of seasoned experts in entrepreneurship and philanthropy.
The Journal can be accessed at www.philasocialinnovations.org
