Apps for Philly Health: Community Needs Assessment

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Do you wish your interactions with our health system were up-to-par with the latest commercial apps and services? Do you envision a future where Philadelphia is once again the paragon of innovation it used to be? Even if all you have is an itch and no skills or know-how to scratch it, this is your chance to do something about it.

This event will bring together healthcare enthusiasts, public health officials, technologists, community organizers, and civic-engagement experts for a weekend-long rapid prototyping session.

This Friday night event will be open to all Philadelphians to come discuss how technology can improve health, generating project ideas for the Apps for Philly Health: Hackathon (https://www.meetup.com/Code-for-Philly/events/220017424/) taking place over the following Saturday and Sunday.

Attendees will enjoy libations and light refreshment while hearing quick pitches from local organization representatives and fellow citizens about available data sets and known problems. Presented ideas will be posted along the walls and every attendee will be issued a number of "upvote" stickers to affix to their favorite ideas as they mingle around the room. New ideas can be posted by anyone at this time too.

Our goal is to utilize social entrepreneurship models, technology and public health needs to create and combine programs that will target our patient population. We will attempt to break the current silos that exist within healthcare by exposing our weaknesses and building on our strengths.

The reality is that many of our patients suffer from diseases that can be prevented or controlled.

From the Philadelphia Community Health Assessment (http://t.signauxneuf.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs4WYsTFN3M2z18dDZc0VQBb2Y56dxqyf6Zq_Ts02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phila.gov%2Fhealth%2Fpdfs%2FCHAreport_52114_final.pdf&si=5122666730618880&pi=dd1fa8ac-70ea-42fc-b7be-e0d7da787bc8) (2014):

Indicators that are worsening over time include:

Adult mental health
Hypertension
Diabetes
Unemployment, children and adults living in poverty
Teen excessive drinking
Teen condom and birth control use
Late or no prenatal care
Child asthma hospitalizations
Adult un-insurance and access to care

Please come to the community needs assessment (http://t.signauxneuf.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs4WYsTFN3M2z18dDZc0VQBb2Y56dxqyf6Zq_Ts02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meetup.com%2FCode-for-Philly%2Fevents%2F219879254%2F&si=5122666730618880&pi=dd1fa8ac-70ea-42fc-b7be-e0d7da787bc8)hosted at 3500 N. Broad St, Philadelphia PA 19140 from 6pm -9pm with information on your current work, the need/gap and future plans. The purpose is to not just highlight the various needs, but to provide an avenue for our community to connect with real people with 'boots on the ground'. This framework will lead to idea generation and hopefully into functional applications/community programs that will improve our Philadelphia.

Teams will be free to choose to work on whatever they want over the hackathon, but the posted ideas and votes they accumulate provide an easy starting point for building teams.

RSVP for this free event right here on meetup to gain admittance. If you want to participate in the hackathon too there's a separate event for that with a $10 reservation fee at https://www.meetup.com/Code-for-Philly/events/220017424/

Have data? Know a problem we should tackle? Want to volunteer as a subject matter expert? Email: pateldilan@gmail.com

Learn more at http://appsforphilly.org/events/health-2015