Health hackathons are events where engineers, doctors, designers, and business people come together to solve real healthcare challenges. Learn about what health hackathons are, why they are important, and how to get involved. Talk given by Lina A. Colucci (linacolucci.com) at Duke University on 13 February 2015. Recording of talk can be found at http://www.linacolucci.com/2015/02/hacking-medicine-duke-lecture/

1. Hacking Medicine
Lina A. Colucci
13 February 2015 at Duke University

2. “Every smart tech person I know is working in healthcare.”
John Doerr, one of the most influential investors in the world

3. smartphonesat-home diagnostics
wearables
blood labs from
finger stick

4. Democratize and Decentralize
EducationBanking
Photo by Mr_Stein, flickr.com/photos/5stein/2348649408
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)Photo by Daniel Foster, “Online Shopping 4,” flickr.com (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

5. 22 minutes
average physical exam
Reference: L. Sanders, “Every Patient Tells a Story”

6. Photo by Karim Nafatni, onebigphoto.com

7. BP 120/80 BP 120/80
Jan 2013 Jan 2014

8. BP 120/80 BP 120/80
Jan 2013 Jan 2014

9. BP 120/80 BP 120/80
Jan 2013 Jan 2014

10. wellness disease
to cure

11. wellness disease
to keep healthy
to cure

12. Medical Revolution
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran, UN Photo (West Darfur)

13. Healthcare’s Grand Hack
http://youtu.be/IO-V9OdBIjE

14. Medicine. Break it down. Build it up. Make it better.

15. Health Hackathons
Photo by Lina A. Colucci

16. Hacking (v) - a creative application of ingenuity

17. MIT Firetruck Hack
2006
Photo by Christina Xu, “IMG72,” flickr.com (CC BY-SA 2.0)
"MIT firetruck hack 2006". Licensed under Public
Domain via Wikipedia (Sarahjane10784).

18. PillPack
Photo courtesy PillPack.com

19. Photo courtesy PillPack.com

20. From a hackathon to over 40 US states
Photo courtesy PillPack.com

21. How does a health hackathon work?

22. Design
25%
Business
25%
Technical
25%
Clinical
25%
Setting the stage
Photo courtesy Jose Colucci Jr.

23. “Make the Breastpump Not Suck” Hackathon
Photos courtesy Mason Marino

24. Hack 101

25. Open yourselves to crazy ideas
Seek diverse teams
Reach out for help
Fail fast and change (iterate and pivot)
Focus your problem
Build something!
Hack Do’s

26. Hack Do Not’s
Worry about patenting
Discuss ownership
Develop too broad of a solution
Be negative
Monopolize the conversation
Only talk… take action. Try things out!

27. The Nitty Gritty of a Hackathon
Saturday
8:00am Registration opens
9:00-9:30am Opening remarks
9:30-9:50am Hackathon 101 (Rules/Format/Judging Criteria)
9:50-10:30am Problem pitching session
10:30-11:00am Mingling and team formation
11:00-11:40am Solution pitching session
11:45am - end of day Hacking + working lunch
Sunday
9:00-1:00pm Hacking
1:00-3:00pm Final presentations + judging
3:00-3:30pm Speaker during judging deliberations
3:30-4:15pm Announcement of winners and closing remarks

28. How does problem selection and team formation happen?

29. Problem
Pitching
Mingling
Solution
Pitching
Team
Formation
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30. Hacking + Mentoring

31. 3 min presentation. 2 min Q&A.
Panel of judges
Cash prizes + “Experience” prizes
Final Presentations
Photos by Lina A. Colucci

32. What are some other hackathon success stories?
Photo by Lina A. Colucci

33. AIR (Augmented Infant Resuscitator)
Photo courtesy Kris Olson

34. Resuscitator

35. American
Doctor Ugandan
Doctor
American
Engineer
Canadian
Engineer
Photo courtesy Kris Olson

36. AIR (Augmented Infant Resuscitator)
Rendering courtesy Kris Olson

37. MIT $100K Competition
Rock Health
$4 Million
In mid. of FDA approval
Doctor + Engineers + Business
Engineers + Business
Doctor + Paramedic + DeveloperDoctor + Business + Software Engineer
Health Box
Pilot with athenahealth
Customers
Blueprint Health
Pilot with South Shore Hospital
2 Hackathons
Techstars Boston
Customer
Communication between ambulances and emergency rooms
Improve medical practice scheduling by predicting no-shows
Improve clinical information management

38. Health hackathons are having a real impact on the world
~10 companies in 3 years
$18 million in funding
TechStars, RockHealth, Y-Combinator, etc.
Real customers, pilots, and clinical trials

41. Everywhere.
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planetpixelemporium.com (internet archive). Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Health Hackathon

43. Map of RTP
The Triangle
http://stevehallarchitecture.com/blog/the-triangle/

44. Hack in a Box
Ultimate guide to
organizing a health
hackathon
End of February
(online)
Grand Hack
One of largest health
hackathons in the world!
April 24-26
MIT Media Lab
Boston, MA
North Carolina
Hackathon
September
1st health
hackathon in the
state!

45. Thank you

46. Learn more about health hackathons at hackingmedicine.mit.edu
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See more of Lina A. Colucci’s work at linacolucci.com
Where to Learn More
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