The University of Michigan and alumnus Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, are teaming up to host a weekend-long hackathon to drive new ideas and tools for health communication.
Join us as we bring bright minds from the worlds of health, digital technology, design, communication and information science to the U-M campus. The charge: work together to identify and rapidly develop new approaches to solving the problems of delays, missed opportunities and even tragedy that can come from poor communication of health information.
Experts from U-M, industry and community organizations will provide information and guidance. Teams will present their prototypes for judging on the final afternoon, competing for a chance to develop their ideas further with the help of U-M mentors. All participants will retain the right to develop their ideas after the event.
Organized by the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and Michigan Medicine, U-M’s academic medical center, the event is supported by a gift from the Gupta family.
Eligibility
Anyone with a genuine interest in improving health communication can attend!
Prizes
Most Creative
Winners will receive $500; the opportunity to be matched with an appropriate mentor at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation to continue to develop their idea; the opportunity to “re-present” their more finely-tuned idea to Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s National Advisory Board in the Fall of 2018; and will be invited to exclusive networking and educational events through Health Forward, a key initiative of the Detroit Regional Chamber's Forward Detroit strategy focused on creating a more competitive region by driving a healthier community and developing the region as a major hub for health innovation.
Most Practical
Winners will receive $500; the opportunity to be matched with an appropriate mentor at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation to continue to develop their idea; the opportunity to “re-present” their more finely-tuned idea to Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s National Advisory Board in the Fall of 2018; and will be invited to exclusive networking and educational events through Health Forward, a key initiative of the Detroit Regional Chamber's Forward Detroit strategy focused on creating a more competitive region by driving a healthier community and developing the region as a major hub for health innovation.
Most likely to have an impact
Winners will receive $500; the opportunity to be matched with an appropriate mentor at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation to continue to develop their idea; the opportunity to “re-present” their more finely-tuned idea to Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s National Advisory Board in the Fall of 2018; and will be invited to exclusive networking and educational events through Health Forward, a key initiative of the Detroit Regional Chamber's Forward Detroit strategy focused on creating a more competitive region by driving a healthier community and developing the region as a major hub for health innovation.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
Apply at guptahacks.org
Judges
Kevin Ward
Executive Director; Fast Forward Medical Innovation
Preeti Malani
Chief Health Officer Michigan Medicine
Joyce Lee
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
How unique and inventive is the project’s core concept? -
Feasibility
How viable is the plan for executing, scaling, and sustaining the project? -
Potential Impact
How large of an impact will this proposed communication solution have? -
Dissemination
How defined is the plan to broadly disseminate the proposed solution? How likely is that plan to succeed? -
Innovation
How well did the proposed solution reimagine a process or a product to meet a communication need?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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