The III Edition of the HEALTH HACKATHON, the largest health programming marathon in Spanish, organizes a contest of ideas on May 10 at the National Cardiovascular Research Center (CNIC) to which digital initiatives can be chosen for type 2 diabetes type 2and cardiovascular risk.
The winning projects will receive as a prize the classification for the final of the Health Hackathon, which will take place on June 15 and 16 at the CNIC, in which they will have the support of a computer programmer to develop its application, as explained since they have explained sinceThe organization in a statement.
Application of health technology
The objective of health Hackathon is to involve patients, health professionals and managers in the co-creation of programs or applications that help in the management of diseases, promoting the integration of care so that the continuity of care is real and the empowerment of the patient.
The Vice President of AIES and Director of COM Salud has indicated that this Hackathon "has become a reference of health innovation and the best that when the care part joins the technique, the technique of great value appears for the improvement ofHealth ".
In the two previous editions, this programming marathon contradicted in the final round of presentation of projects with more than 30 multidisciplinary teams, which created application projects on different topics.This year it is expected to exceed 120 'hackers' of health.
Health Hackathon is organized by the Association of Researchers in ESALUD (AIES) and the Comunication Agency Com Health, with Boehringer Ingelheim as the main sponsor.
III edition of Health Hackathon
The CNIC general director, Dr. Valentín Fuster, highlighted the value of the national hackathon of health for allowing creativity in the application of health technology."We are very interesting challenges and, from CNIC, we are looking forward to knowing the solutions that arise from these initiatives," he said.
The participating teams can obtain up to 8,000 euros in prizes.There is a general award, endowed with 1,000 euros, and another seven, of the same amount each, convened by different collaborating entities.
In continuous, it is the Boehringer Ingelheim Diabetes type 2 - cardiovascular risk, for the best initiative for diabetic patients with cardiovascular risk;The Cerner Challenge Electronic Clinical History, for the best program or 'app' that is integrated into the HCE of the health system;the heel atopic dermatitis challenge, for the best technological solution that drives the quality of life of patients with this skin disease;The Everis -Mhealth Challenge Primary Care, for the best digital solution in Primary Care;The healthy CNIC-healthy challenge at work;the CNIC-Qmenta challenge, for the best initiative in neuroscience;and the challenge Telefónica-UCM Chair Health video game to the best serious game or gamified application.
The winner of the General Prize will also have 3,000 euros of training at the Teófilo Hernando Institute and a mentoring with Fundie Ventures.
Ideas contest
The type 2 diabetes category and cardiovascular risk will have a contest of ideas before May 10 in the CNIC auditorium, in which you can participate in person or through a video, with the exhibition of a project of 'app 'or program in a maximum of five minutes.
The three best ideas of each award will receive help to complete their teams and advice from health professionals and programming experts to participate in health hackathon.
