Meet Dr. Bonnie Clipper
Dr. Clipper is a nurse futurist, pioneer in virtual nursing, nationally recognized thought leader in building cultures of innovation, and global speaker. She brings her decades of executive leadership, operations, and knowledge of technology together to transform the national healthcare ecosystem. She was the first VP of Innovation at the ANA where she built the innovation framework to bring over 4M nurses into the innovation space through education, HIMSS Nurse Pitch™ events, and strategic partnerships such as the ANA + BD Innovation Awards and the ANA + J&J nursing innovation podcast.
Bonnie founded Innovation Advantage after more than 20 years as a Chief Nurse Executive for the purposes of helping nurse leaders develop an innovation skill set and, through this work, became a pioneer in virtual nursing. She created (and had a successful exit) of the Virtual Nursing Academy, which continues to support hospitals and health systems today. Bonnie has enabled over 30 hospitals and health systems to launch their virtual care models. She is most well known for highlighting the two care models that are now common to virtual nursing and was among the first to revolutionize how virtual nursing care is practiced in hospitals.
As a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow, she has researched and published extensively on innovation in nursing, including The Innovation Handbook: A Nurse Leader’s Guide for Transforming Nursing; The Nurse’s Guide to Innovation and The Innovation Roadmap: A Guide for Nurse Leaders.
Bonnie leans into her superpower as a courageous catalyst to ignite and activate change. She regularly shares her insights on technologies impacting nursing, such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and robotics through webinars, speaking, and publications. Dr. Clipper is a strategic advisor for several health-tech companies, contributing to improving the design, development, and workflows.
Bonnie is a sought-after connector, collaborator, and influencer in healthcare, and is a highly effective change agent and unifier. In short, Dr. Clipper has transformed the way hospital-based nursing care is being delivered, and her approach to virtual nursing has raised the bar across the country.
