Hacking Rural Medicine - Hacking 101

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Hackathon 101!

Hacking Rural Medicine & Ignite Rural Medicine

March 20-22, 2015 at UM Missoula

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Thanks to our sponsors!

High Stakes Foundation

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Have you ever come across a problem

in your practice and thought "there

must be a better way to do this"?

Do you have an idea but limited time

to build the solution?

Bring Your Ideas & Challenges

andLET US HELP!

www.HACKINGRURALMEDICINE.org

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Who Will Attend?

● Healthcare Leaders

● Clinicians

● Nurses

● Entrepreneurs

● Engineers

● Business Leaders

● Students

● Innovators & More

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Ignite Rural Medicine

•Idea from Japan (Pecha Kucha)•5 minutes, 20 slides, 15 seconds each•“Enlighten us, but make it quick”•Started in Seattle by geeks in 2006

• 5th Ignite event in Missoula since 2009

• ignitemissoula.submittable.com/submit

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HackingMedicine.MIT.edu

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WHAT IS A HACKATHON?

• The word “hackathon” is a

portmanteau of the words

“hack” and “marathon”

• “Hacking” refers to intense,

innovative teamwork to

develop a solution (“hack”) to

an existing problem in a short

time-frame

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WHAT IMPACT CAN A

MEDICAL HACKATHON

HAVE?

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PillPack Smart Scheduling

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WHAT DOES A

MEDICAL

HACKATHON

LOOK LIKE?

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HACKATHON PROCESS

PITC

H

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XHACK FEEDBACK

ITERAT

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HACK EXAMPLES

• RightByte – mobile and Web platform for parents to find recipes for kids with food allergies

• The Comfy Ball – a “smart” squeeze ball for a child to easily signal, assess pain to clinicians

• Team NORA – networked operational research assistant for clinical trial adherence

• CueME – connect and inform concerned family members about patient’s care

• Kidnnect – engage chronically ill kids in classes

• eNgage – using robot to engage kids in treatment adherence

• The Tinkerbell Project – helping families transition to psych unit at BCH

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HACK DOs

• OPEN YOURSELVES TO CRAZY IDEAS

• SEEK DIVERSE TEAMS

• REACH OUT FOR HELP

• FAIL FAST AND CHANGE (ITERATE and

PIVOT)

• FOCUS YOUR PROBLEM

• BUILD!SOMETHING

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HACK DO NOTs

• WORRY ABOUT PATENTING

• DISCUSS OWNERSHIP

• DEVELOP TOO BROAD OF A SOLUTION

• BE NEGATIVE

• BE SHY

• MONOPOLIZE THE CONVERSATION

• ONLY TALK… TAKE ACTION. TRY THINGS

OUT

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Pitching session

• Problem pitches

–Healthcare provider pain points

• Solution pitches

–Pitch a potential hack

–Recruit people to join your team!

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How to Pitch

• 60 seconds!

• No slides

• Tell a story

• Use examples!

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“An individual with a terminal illness in a rural community needed Hospice.

The nearest Hospice service provider was more than an hour away and was

unwilling to send its nurses out to help the patient. The patient ended up

needing to spend her last days in a Critical Access Hospital instead of in her

home which caused additional stress for her and her family. We could hack how

to provide better access to Hospice services in our rural communities.”

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Hacking resources

• Mentors!– Reach out for technical and clinical expertise

•Prototyping materials–Build a tangible product/prototype for your hack

•Resource Page on Our Website–http://hackingruralmedicine.org/resources/

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WHAT SHOULD HACKERS DEMO?

3 minute presentation which should include:

– Problem/need – Demo Solution – Business model

Followed by 2 minute Q&A session with judges

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JUDGING CRITERIA

Judges are looking for…

1. Health impact

2. Innovation

3. Sustainable Business Model

4. Presentation

5. Why are you the right team?

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WHAT CAN YOU WIN?

Cash Prizes from Our Sponsors -

To Be Announced!

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Next Steps

Tickets are for sale at:

www.HackingRuralMedicine.org

Early Bird Discount ends 2/15

A block of rooms has been reserved at

The Doubletree Edgewater in

Missoula Ask for the Healthcare Hackathon Group Rate.

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TWEET & FB!

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Questions?

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