b'Innovation Sprints: A Novel Approach The Innovation Sprint produced three incredible ideas: In May of 2018, over 50 nurses from NicklausPopSickle, an app that leverages a virtual assistant Childrens participated in the hospitals first everto help sickle cell patients manage and monitor pain, Innovation Sprint with the goal of fast-tracking nurse- and if need be, helps schedule an appointment if pain driven innovations . Multiprofessional, nurse-ledis above a designated threshold . The app is targeted teams from across the organization participated intoward this small population of patients for piloting workshops and ideation exercises led by design- purposes but could perhaps be leveraged to help thinking experts to stimulate the innovation process,other complex chronic patients as well . gain practical support and guidance from mentors,MedEeze, an end-to-end integrated service that and develop a pitch to showcase their idea. The firstmimics encrypted chip/financial systems by providing workshop, Discovery Day, was all about diving in topatients (and family members) with a health card some of healthcares most pressing challenges asthat optimizes patient portals and helps fast-track they relate to effectiveness, efficiency, and patient/ patients through check-in, registration, and discharge . caregiver experience . Discovery Day focused on theMedEeze also links to medication vending machines first part of the innovation process - exploration.stationed in our hospital/outpatient centers for first The teams applied design-thinking methodologiesdose medications . Just insert your card and leave with and techniques to uncover and prioritize issues,the first dose of your prescription. craft problem statements for this challenges, and crowd-source those that should move on to theAlivio, the first and only team exclusively dedicated solution design process (Design Day) . In the secondto managing pain and alleviating anxiety in real-workshop, Design Day, teams of nurses from differenttime for patients during their hospital visits . Alivio departments used additional design tools to createis an interdisciplinary task force that uses the latest solutions to the problem statements and thentechnologies available at NCHS to address and presented their ideas to a panel of judges, Shark Tankrespond quickly and precisely once the team is style, to determine the winners .requested for consult . Nursing Annual Report 2018 - 2019 37'