Hacking Health Vancouver Hackathon @ e-Health Conference 2018

IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to this event being in partnership with the 2018 eHealth conference, you MUST formally register & pay through Eventbrite at http://hhvan2018.eventbrite.com - YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET IN IF YOU ONLY RSVP THROUGH MEETUP!

Are you an innovative web/mobile/full stack developer, data analyst, UI/UX designer, patient or clinician who wants to help foster innovation and positive change in the Canadian healthcare system? We need YOUR HELP to bring some amazing projects to life at the e-Health 2018 Conference and Tradeshow, Canada’s largest digital health event!

Hacking Health is partnering once again with the e-Health 2018 Conference, this year on a #patientsincluded hackathon set to tackle the pressing healthcare issue of chronic disease management. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, three out of five Canadians aged 20 and older have a chronic disease, and 67% of all deaths per year are caused by four major chronic diseases (cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases). Participants will work hand-in-hand with patients and clinician experts, building innovative software solutions focused on prevention, self management at home, home care, and community care!

The challenge will begin with the opening ceremony and project pitches on Sunday, May 27th, where the leaders of selected projects will give short pitches explaining the healthcare problems they seek to solve and participants will network with with conference delegates. Teams will then spend the next day and a half hours designing, building, testing, validating and tuning their prototypes in preparation for the demo competition, working with mentors to refine and improve their solutions. Once the hacking is complete, all teams will be evaluated by an expert panel of judges when the teams present to conference delegates in the afternoon May 29th. Winners from the final presentations will be announced with awards presented shortly after.

Join us for three whirlwind days of hacking to improve healthcare. You bring your skills and passion; we'll bring the food, caffeine, networking opportunities, mentorship, and FUN!

Want to know what projects will be searching for team members? The list is still growing, but you can check out some of them at: https://hhvan2018.sparkboard.com/