Using Big data and Real-World Evidence
The Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT) healthcare hackathon is an event in which people with diverse perspectives such as clinicians, engineers, designers, software developers, business people, and patients come together in an intense, fun-filled, three-day weekend to develop and build solutions that could address challenges facing healthcare today.
Participants will form teams, collaborate within a limited time frame, and focus on a specific problem or idea in healthcare to come up with innovative ideas and solutions. This year the tracks are:
Medical Sensors & IoT Clinical Trials
Economic Forecoasting Epidemiology & Disease Modeling
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Prizes
$5,750 in prizes
Grand Prize: $2,500
Runner-up: $1,500
Honorable Mention: $1,000
Audience Choice: $750
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Requirements
Presentation Guide
Final presentations due as a 3 minute YouTube video and/or narrated PowerPoint!
3 min pitch + 2 min Q&A
We recommend:
~1 min: background and presentation of unmet need
~1 min: description of proposed solution
~1 min: explanation of business plan & team member backgrounds. (In the interest of time, not all team members need to speak)
Judges

Rob Bettigole, PE, MPPM
Elm Street Ventures

Amy Justice, MD, PhD
Veteran's Hospital

Nitu Kashyap, MD
Yale School of Medicine

Peter G. Schulam, MD, PhD
Johnson & Johnson

Erica Spatz, MD, MHS
Yale School of Medicine

Aracelis Torres, PhD, MPH
Verana Health

Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD
Yale School Public Health

Christopher Loose
Co-Executive Director, CBIT
Michael Dempsey
Co-Executive Director, CBIT
Walter Lindop
Innovation Consultant, YNHHS

Richard Stahl
Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Relationships
David Rosenthal
Clincal Director, CBIT

Margaret Cartiera
Innovation Director, CBIT

Mark Saltzman
Co-Founder, CBIT

Samuel Lee
Innovation Consultant, YNHHS
Judging Criteria
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20% Health Impact
Clear statement of compelling and unmet healthcare need -
20% Innovation
Solution demonstrating understanding of clinical and other stakeholder needs -
20% Business Model
Business case to justify the investment the product would require -
20% Presentation
Presentation WOW factor, staying on time, diversity (of skills) of team -
20% Product
Progress in generating data, a prototype, or user interface during weekend
theme
- Health