The University of Iowa College of Nursing has a strong history of innovative leadership. Our research and foresight has transcended into pioneering patient centered-care innovations to improve health care in the state of Iowa, nationally, and throughout the world.
Our ground-breaking nursing innovations include:
- Patient Care Interventions
- Care Delivery Models
- Transformational Processes to Improve Care
- Advanced Research & Translational Methods
- Communication Methods & Collaborations
- Harnessing of Technology and Data
- Development of Teaching Methods
- Design of Role Transitions
Our impacts:
- Recognized leaders in innovations
- Health systems improvement solutions
- Improved care across the lifespan
- Increase access to care
- Excellence in nursing education and research
Our innovations are being used in:
- Acute care
- Academic Curriculum
- Mental Health
- Primary care
- Specialty clinics
- Gerontology care across the continuum
- Pain management across the life span
Innovation
Purpose: To generate knowledge for innovativeness in practice and academia
Definition of Innovation: A new mindset in a different context to enable creative linkages that will generate a solution or adaptation to a practice problem (UI Innovation SIG, 2015; Joseph & Huber, 2015).
Membership: University of Iowa College of Nursing and University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
2017 Innovation SIG Outcomes:
- A Typology for Health Care Innovations
- A Conceptual Model for Nursing Innovations
For more information, contact maria-joseph@uiowa.edu
*Meetings: Second Tuesday of every month, 9-10 a.m.
From care delivery models and patient care intervention to research & translational methods, Innovations at Iowa strives to provide a pathway for health care excellence. The following resources help identify innovations in both academia and practice: