Dr. Bonnie Clipper is a nurse futurist, expert in virtual nursing, nationally recognized thought leader, 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 inaugural VP of Innovation at the American Nurses Association.

As CEO and Founder of Innovation Advantage, Dr. Clipper is leading change and created the Virtual Nursing Academy to revolutionize how virtual nursing care is practiced and delivered in hospitals. As a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow, she has 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.

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 member of the prestigious American Telemedicine Association, Clinician council and is a strategic advisor for several health-tech companies.

Dr. Clipper 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 virtual care will be delivered and is creating the new standard of care.