The Health Innovation Sprint unites Community Based Organizations, providers, payors, researchers, and innovators to co-design and accelerate patient-centered solutions — delivering real-world outcomes in under 9 months.

The Sprint rapidly activates field-informed solutions with real-world testing and development cycles that take months — not years.

The Sprint uses human-centered discovery to co-create solutions with community partners from the start.

The Sprint convenes multi-sector ecosystems to design, test, and scale together — no more working in silos.

We provide impact reports, videos, and data dashboards that showcase insights, community ROI, and strategic alignment.

DHIT’s Health Innovation Sprint engages across the ecosystem to leverage capacity to catalyze action.

Build a culture of health innovation focusing on community health issues by introducing human-centered design thinking methodologies to support patient needs.

Our Health Innovation Sprint increases opportunities for collaboration across industry partners and community. We develop a pipeline of ideas and solutions that can be rapidly prototyped, tested, and validated to facilitate the process of digital transformation and generate a force multiplier of impact.

Problem Discovery

A diverse set of stakeholders from each community come together for facilitated discussions about local challenges and unmet needs related to HIV prevention.

Problem Definition

Multidisciplinary teams form to co-create potential solutions to address these challenges in collaboration with mentors and diverse subject matter experts.

Design Challenge

8-week virtual collaboration to refine ideas, build an implementation roadmap, and create a minimum viable prototype.

Demo

Day

Top solutions are presented to stakeholders at a national Digital Health Summit.

Accelerated Implementation

From design to pilot in under a year

Real-World Insights

Data from communities, not just systems

Ecosystem Alignment

Public, commercial, academic, and community partners at the same table

Capacity Building

Train-the-trainer + local enablement for lasting impact

Case Study Snapshot:

HIV Innovation Sprint

DHIT in collaboration with Gilead facilitated an Innovation Sprint across 3 cities focused on HIV Prevention. The HIV Innovation Sprint is a differentiated approach to generating community trust, capturing critical insights, unlocking innovation opportunities, and building capacity across the HIV prevention ecosystem.

“In a time of feeling powerless, it is nice to be able to think of ideas that will still advance HIV Prevention and treatment. It also encouraged a lot of thinking outside of the box.”

“The collaboration and innovation of ideas from the entire group were superb. We inspired each other to greater thoughts and results.”

“I loved the bringing together of ideas from diverse fields and experiences.”

“The coming together of people of differing cultural and professional backgrounds was AMAZING!”

“Loved the support we got from our facilitators.”

“I loved just being part of the future of HIV prevention, exploring digital solutions to the problem.”

“I loved the opportunity to think outside of the box and integrate technology and digital health.”

“Mixing technologists with SMEs to get to the root of the issue is a great idea!”

Past Innovation Sprints

Innovation for Aging in Place
in collaboration with AARP

Pediatric Nursing Innovation
in collaboration with Nicklaus Children’s Hospital

Warfighter Wearables
in collaboration with the ASSIST Center + Department of Defense

 

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