Unleashing Innovation & Creativity to Transform Health Care
The College of Nursing hosted its eighth biennial Dorothy M. Smith Nursing Leadership Conference January 24.
Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship & Social Entrepreneurship in Health Care
The college's 2018 DMS Nursing Leadership Conference took place at the J. Wayne Reitz Union on the University of Florida campus.
Mindy C. Miller
The College of Nursing’s eighth biennial Dorothy M. Smith Nursing Leadership Conference, Unleashing Innovation & Creativity to Transform Health Care, provided an opportunity for nearly 400 health care professionals, students, faculty and interdisciplinary entrepreneurs to explore how entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and social entrepreneurship can be successfully applied to address barriers that adversely affect the cost, quality and efficiency of health care.
The one-day 2018 DMS Conference on Jan. 24 presented by the college, the Thomas M. and Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Trust, the UF Nursing Alumni Council, UF Health and the Sigma Theta Tau International Alpha Theta Chapter, provided a platform for nationally renowned speakers to address a variety of topics, explore thought-provoking content and spur dialogue between health care leaders and entrepreneurs.
Health care leaders were charged with applying innovative and creative methods for solutions while navigating the future of health care education, research and patient care. They were provided encouragement to explore interdisciplinary collaborations and creative innovations to ensure we are producing the very best nurses and the future leaders of our profession and providing top-notch patient care to those we serve.
INTRAPRENEURSHIP
Saurabha Bhatnagar, M.D., was the DMS Conference keynote speaker on intrapreneurship,.
Saurabha Bhatnagar, M.D., associate director of the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency Program at Harvard Medical School, was the conference’s keynote speaker on intrapreneurship, and delivered two insightful sessions: Building Out Your Innovative Ideas at Work and an interactive super seminar Generating and Moving Your Creative Ideas. Both sessions provided participants foundational tools for innovation in the work place.
An innovation officer within the VA Boston HealthCare System involved in the national innovation rollout, and assistant deputy under the chief of Quality, Safety and Value at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Bhatnagar’s first presentation focused on problem solvers and leaders thinking innovatively within the walls of a workplace, institution or organization.
He emphasized thinking big but starting small, for example, implementing an idea within a particular department or unit, instead of the entire hospital or organization.
“If you’re thinking about how to innovate and think about your health care system differently, there’s the back end and also the front end,” Bhatnagar said. “Think about experiences you’ve had — the last hotel you stayed at, or why you may pick Starbucks for a cup of coffee, opposed to the coffee shop with cheap coffee down the street. There is an experience that comes with it, and folks in health care sometimes forget that it is a service industry. How are we making sure that we are servicing our patients?”
Bhatnagar’s super seminar on generating and moving creative ideas featured a collaborative and interactive activity among participants focused on tapping into creativity, curating, pitching and spreading ideas to get leadership on board. Bhatnagar walked conference attendees through creating the ‘perfect pitch,’ and emphasized the importance of communicating innovative ideas effectively, simply, clearly, concisely and powerfully.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Paul Ingledue, M.B.A., B.S.N.
The nurse entrepreneur panel, facilitated by the college’s Annabel Davis Jenks endowed professor and conference chair, Gail Keenan, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, featured two of the college’s most prominent alumni entrepreneurs, Paul Ingledue, M.B.A., B.S.N., (B.S.N. 1991) and Carr Scott, M.B.A., B.S.N., (B.S.N. 1996).
Ingledue owns 31 companies and Scott is an entrepreneur who specializes in health care informatics, technology and, most recently, a consulting company focused on start-ups, investing and advising. Both used their nursing degrees to springboard careers as entrepreneurs.
“I think in business, and in any venture you’re going to be innovative with, you have to find a need,” Scott said. “There has to be a need for the product or service you’re going to deliver, and you have to fulfill that need; create it, protect it and deliver it. Then in all that, you have to discover how to monetize it.”
Carr Scott, M.B.A., B.S.N.
Keenan facilitated discussion with Ingledue and Scott about defining ‘entrepreneur,’ how their nursing degrees propelled their careers, translating their ideas into profitable ventures, how they tackled providing solutions to roadblocks they identified as clinicians, taking the steps to create change in an environment perceived as oppressive, and much more insightful dialogue.
“As a nurse, you find obstacles all the time and you don’t feel like anyone is listening to you,” Ingledue said. “You can’t let that stop you. You have to keep it simple. Many people think too big. No company started big; every company starts out as one person and a great idea.”
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Patrick Monahan, Ph.D.
Patrick Monahan, Ph.D., is a behavioral scientist and a professor of biostatistics at Indiana University, and was the conference’s keynote speaker on social entrepreneurship. His impact in his community of Indianapolis as a social entrepreneur is unmatched. Monahan is the founder and CEO of Home at Last, where he employs and trains those affected by incarceration, homelessness, mental health issues and more, to renovate homes in the community, which are then leased to mental health organizations for translational housing or low-income families.
Monahan expressed that he’s always been interested in social missions after losing his twin brother, who was homeless and suffered from schizophrenia, when he was 28. He spent a significant amount of time working to create connections and build relationships within the community of Indianapolis before starting his social enterprise three years ago to prevent similar outcomes for those individuals who suffer mental illness and other obstacles.
Home at Last beautifies high-crime neighborhoods, renovates abandoned homes, and employs persons who have experienced incarceration or homelessness. It provides paid training, even to those with no construction skills, and then on the back end leases the homes back to health transition programs.
“I get most excited when it’s a full social mission from beginning to end,” Monahan said, “and I prefer to do it in a self-sustaining entrepreneurial model.”
While Monahan continues his Home at Last venture, he will also embark on another entrepreneurial project in Indianapolis.
“I am going to create our city’s first innovative holistic homeless shelter,” Monahan said. “The reason I know I’m going to do this is because the mission drives me. I can’t not do it. Because of my passion for this, I won’t let it fail.”
DMS Conference Breakout Sessions
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MICHAEL MORRIS, Ph.D., M.B.A. Academic Director, University of Florida College of Business Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center | Behaving as Entrepreneurs: Nursing Practice, Innovation and Change
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JIM O’CONNELL, M.Eng. Assistant Vice President, Technology Transfer and Director, UF Office of Technology Licensing | Transferring Your Discovery to the Market and Resources at UF
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JULIE WHITNEY, M.S.N., B.S.N. Innovation Specialist, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System | VA Innovators Network: A Safe Space for Testing New Ideas and Joining Forces with Stakeholders Across the Community
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DAVID MASSIAS, J.D. and BEN LOK, Ph.D. Co-Founders of Shadow Health: A Nurse-Focused Business | Educational Software for Interactive Learning Environments for Nursing and Allied Health Education Programs
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LISA MAGARY, D.N.P., ARNP, CPNP, FNP-BC and DELLA TUTEN, M.S.N., ARNP, FNP-BC Co-Founders of Celebrate Primary Care | Concierge Health Care: Personalized Relationships, Unlimited Access to Providers
Miss this year’s DMS Conference? Head to DMS Conference online for slides of presentations and video replay of all Grand Ballroom keynote and breakout presentations.
2018 Dorothy M. Smith Nursing Leadership Awards
In coordination with our biennial DMS Conference, the University of Florida College of Nursing honors outstanding alumni who continue to uphold Founding Dean Dorothy M. Smith’s vision for nursing and health care. These awards are given to those who stand out in the diverse areas of achievement in nursing, which Dean Smith helped to unite. Congratulations to our 2018 awardees.
2018 Dorothy M. Smith Nursing Leadership Awardees
Excellence in Innovation
Lisa Magary, D.N.P., ARNP, CPNP, FNP-BC, (B.S.N. 2005, M.S.N. 2006, D.N.P 2010) and Della Tuten, M.S.N., ARNP, FNP-BC, (B.S.N. 2005, M.S.N. 2006) co-founders of Celebrate Primary Care, a concierge nursing model with unlimited access to your medical provider. Celebrate Primary Care puts the patient at the center of health care, with the ultimate goal of improving the delivery of primary care to the Gainesville community.
Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Patrice C. Moore, M.S.N., B.S.N., ARNP, R.N., (B.S.N. 1974, M.S.N. 1982) founder of The Watershed Group, a nationwide strategic consulting, speaking and coaching company based on hospice concepts of care, including compassion, wholeness, dignity, respect and empowerment. Moore helps organizations manage change into positive growth and financial stability. Moore began her career in the nursing profession, is a published author, and has spoken widely on issues of caring for the dying and end-of-life care.
Excellence in Social Entrepreneurship
Patricia G. Kitchen, M.S., B.S.N., (B.S.N. 1967) has made a career of volunteerism. She currently serves as the Lead for Disaster Health Services for the American Red Cross, assisting families and individuals across 11 Florida counties who have experienced tragedy and disaster. Kitchen completed the initial Red Cross Disaster and Health Services training in 1974, and has been in her current role 10 years.
Excellence in Intrapreneurship
Julie Whitney, M.S.N., R.N., NEA-BC, (M.S.N. 1990) Innovation Specialist at the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, is currently rolling out the Innovation program at North Florida/ South Georgia Health System, embracing learning and change. Whitney always relies on the adage, ‘how can we make it better?’ throughout her nursing career at the bedside and as a consultant, educator and leader.
Excellence in Health Care Leadership
Gemma M. Rosello, M.S.N., M.B.A., (B.S.N. 1979) is the Vice President of Clinical Support Services for Humana’s Care Delivery Organization. Rosello has over 35 years of management experience in the health care industry. Her broad executive management portfolio covers the payer and provider segments within managed care organizations and accountable care organizations. Rosello has additionally focused on valuebased contracting for Medicare, Medicaid and commercial insurers, along with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ five-star ratings and quality outcomes and Medicare risk adjustment.
