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Hack Healthcare for Houston!Health 2.0 HoustonSaturday, March 23, 2013 at 9:00 AM - Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 7:00 PM (CDT)Houston, TX |
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Hack Healthcare for Houston!
Roll up your sleeves and come join us at the first ever Health 2.0 Houston Code-a-thon. Join the digital health revolution by building a digital healthcare app. Also,
- work with the highly publicized DocGraph dataset and natural language API, Ask-Ziggy
- collaborate with medical professionals, developers, designers, and other bright minds
- be mentored by medical professionals and developers (i.e. Fred Trotter--author of first O' Reilly book on health IT and Dr. Arabandi--medical semantics rockstar)
- compete for thousands in cash and other prizes
- learn what technology has to offer healthcare
Great food, drinks, and company included. Schedule is as follows:
March 23
9:00 AM -- Breakfast, meet and greet, check-in
9:30 AM -- Welcome and introduction to weekend
-- Goal of code-a-thon and exploration of digital healthcare apps
9:45 AM -- APIs/datasets Demos
10:00 AM -- Pre-formed/example ideas pitching
10:15 AM -- Open pitching
10:30 AM -- Team formation and begin working
12 Noon -- Lunch served, sponsored by Tech.pro
-- Hacking Hackathons, presentation by Leland of Tech.pro
1:00 PM -- continued coding
7:00 PM -- Dinner served
March 24
7:00 AM -- Breakfast, sponsored by Travis Software
9:00 AM -- Talk on presentation tips
10:00 AM - 12 Noon -- Final Mentorship Sessions
12 Noon -- Lunch served
3:30 PM -- Submission Deadline
4:00 PM -- Presentations begin
6:00 PM -- Winners announced, snacks and refreshments provided
Prizes are as follows:
1st Place Team
- $1,000 for the team
- 1 pass to Health 2.0 National Fall Conference (a $1000 value) per team member
- Choice of O’ Reilly book per team member
- 1 month’s communal membership to Platform Houston per team member
2nd Place Team
- $800 for the team
- 1 pass to Medical Futures Lab Symposium (a $200 value) per team member
- Choice of O’ Reilly book per team member
- 1 month’s communal membership to Platform Houston per team member
3rd Place Team
- $600 for the team
- Choice of O’ Reilly book per team member
- 1 month’s communal membership to Platform Houston per team member
When & Where
PlatformHouston
5504 Morningside Drive
Houston,
TX 77005
Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 9:00 AM - Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 7:00 PM (CDT)
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Health 2.0 Houston
Health 2.0 Houston is a chapter of the national Health 2.0 organization, a worldwide movement of people who want to revolutionize healthcare and improve health outcomes by using technology to empower patients, medical professionals and other stakeholders in health.
Health 2.0 Houston aims to:
- facilitate collaboration between healthcare stakeholders;
- promote the adoption of promising technologies that make healthcare more effective, affordable and accessible; and
- showcase health-related technology in the Greater Houston area.