Hacking Health
{{Short description|Canadian social organization (founded 2012)}}
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Hacking Health is a social organization that pairs innovators with healthcare experts to build solutions to front-line healthcare problems through the use of emerging technology{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}.
History
The organization started off in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 2012{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}} with a weekend-long hackathon to encourage collaboration between healthcare professionals and IT experts. Since then, Hacking Health events have been held in cities across Canada, the US and internationally.
Event Formats
Held over a weekend, Hacking Health hackathons consist of 200-300 participants where designers and developers collaborate with doctors, nurses, clinic managers and other healthcare professionals to develop prototypes that can be put to test in clinics and hospitals. The event also attracts industry professionals, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
Held typically in the evening, Hacking Health Café meetups are regular events to bring together entrepreneurs in the healthcare industry and foster relationships between technology talent and healthcare experts. These shorter, casual events help interested parties stay up-to-date on local collaborations, projects and start-ups.
Locations in Canada
- Montreal is the location of the original Hacking Health in 2012.{{Cite web |title = Hacking health care–in a good way – Macleans.ca |url = http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/hacking-health-care-in-a-good-way/ |access-date = 25 July 2015 }}{{Cite news |title = Bridging the gap between doctors and hackers to upgrade health care |newspaper = The Globe and Mail |date = 20 February 2012 |url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/bridging-the-gap-between-doctors-and-hackers-to-upgrade-health-care/article547503/ |access-date = 25 July 2015 }} Subsequent hackathons have been held in 2014.
- Toronto
's first Hacking Health event was in 2012.{{Cite web |title = Doctors, developers hacking their way to better healthcare |date = 30 September 2012 |url = http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/doctors-developers-hacking-their-way-to-better-healthcare-1.977231 |access-date = 25 July 2015 }} Subsequent events have been held at MaRS in 2013,{{Cite web |title = Hacking Health Toronto at MaRS wraps up – MaRS |url = http://www.marsdd.com/news-and-insights/hacking-health-toronto-2013-mars-wraps-up/ |access-date = 25 July 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150725131806/http://www.marsdd.com/news-and-insights/hacking-health-toronto-2013-mars-wraps-up/ |archive-date = 25 July 2015 |df = dmy-all }} at Sick Kids in 2014.{{Cite web |title = Kids Learning Code and Hacking Health at Sick Kids Hospital |url = http://ladieslearningcode.com/day-coding-hacking-health-sick-kids-hospital/ |access-date = 25 July 2015 }} - Vancouver has had hackathons in 2013{{Cite web |title = Vancouver's medical and tech sectors come together for innovative health apps |date = 8 May 2014 |url = https://www.straight.com/life/642086/vancouvers-medical-and-tech-sectors-come-together-innovative-health-apps |access-date = 25 July 2015 }} and in 2014{{Cite web |title = Our Montreal: Snowtification, Hacking Health, and the NekNomination online craze |url = http://www.cbc.ca/player/Kids/Parents/ID/2437210783/ |website = CBC.ca Player |access-date = 25 July 2015 }} at the Coach e-Health Conference.
- Hackathons have been held in Edmonton,{{Cite web |title = Recap: Hacking Health in Edmonton |url = http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2013/11/29/recap-hacking-health-in-edmonton/ |website = MasterMaq's Blog |date = 30 November 2013 |access-date = 25 July 2015 }}{{Cite web|title = Hacking Health {{!}} Watch News Videos Online|url = http://globalnews.ca/video/976393/hacking-health|website = Global News|access-date = 25 July 2015}} Winnipeg,{{Cite web |title = Winnipeg Hacks Healthcare in Innovative Collaboration |url = http://www.chrisd.ca/2014/11/11/hacking-health-winnipeg-app-developers-collaboration/ |website = ChrisD.ca |date = 11 November 2014 |access-date = 25 July 2015 }} and Calgary.{{Cite web |title = Techies and health pros unite for Calgary's first Hacking Health event |url = http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/1031299/techies-and-health-pros-unite-for-calgarys-first-hacking-health-event/ |website = Metro |access-date = 25 July 2015 }}
- Ottawa has held events since 2014.{{Cite web |title = Hacking Health project brings doctors and techies together |url = https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/hacking-health-project-brings-doctors-and-techies-together |access-date = 25 July 2015 }}
- Hamilton has held [http://www.meetup.com/Hacking-Health-Hamilton/ meetups] since 2015.{{Cite news |title = Hacking Health connects tech groups with health care |url = http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5743066-hacking-health-connects-tech-groups-with-health-care/ |newspaper = The Hamilton Spectator |date = 20 July 2015 |access-date = 25 July 2015 }}
Locations outside Canada
Hacking Health has spread globally since 2013 to Cape Town,{{Cite web |title = Innovative healthcare initiative launched in Cape Town |url = http://www.humanipo.com/news/38627/innovative-healthcare-initiative-launched-in-cape-town/ |access-date = 25 July 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150725105853/http://www.humanipo.com/news/38627/innovative-healthcare-initiative-launched-in-cape-town/ |archive-date = 25 July 2015 |df = dmy-all }}{{Cite web |title = Hacking for Healthcare – South Africa's first mHealth Hackathon |url = https://www.pwc.co.za/en/press-room/mobile-health.jhtml/ |access-date = 25 July 2015 |last = PricewaterhouseCoopers |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150725122253/https://www.pwc.co.za/en/press-room/mobile-health.jhtml/ |archive-date = 25 July 2015 |df = dmy-all }} Strasbourg,{{cite web |url = http://hackinghealth.camp/ |title = Hacking Health Camp : healthcare hackathon and conferences on innovation |author = |date = |work = hackinghealth.camp |access-date = 3 July 2016 }} Hong Kong, Zurich, Bucharest, and Detroit.
2013
Strasbourg (France)
2014
- Berlin (Germany)
- Milan (Italy)
- New York City (USA)
- Cape Town (South Africa)
2015
- Brisbane (Australia)
- Bordeaux (France)
- Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
- Maastricht (Netherlands)
- Mexico City (Mexico)
- Nijmegen (Netherlands)
- Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)
- Valais (Switzerland)
- Windsor / Detroit (USA)
2016
- Abadan (Iran)
- Asturias (Spain)
- Guadalajara (Mexico)
- Groningen (Netherlands)
- Le Havre (France)
- Leiden (Netherlands)
- Liverpool (United Kingdom)
- Londrina (Brazil)
- Madrid (Spain)
- Melbourne (Australia)
- Monterrey (Mexico)
- Nice (France)
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Santa Catarina (Brazil)
- Sorocaba (Brazil)
- Joinville (Brazil)
- São Paulo (Brazil)
- Sfax (Tunisia)
2017
- Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
- Besançon (France)
- Brasilia (Brazil)
- Leon (Mexico)
- Querétaro (Mexico)
- Salvador (Brazil)
- Utrecht (Netherlands)
- Florianópolis (Brazil)
Spin off projects
Hacking Health has been the start of several innovative mHealth research and implementation projects to improve healthcare. In the Netherlands, the Participatient project to engage patients in catheter infection prevention, started at Dutch Hacking Health 2016.{{Cite web |title=Terugblik: Dutch Hacking Health 2016 |url=https://smarthealth.live/trendition/recap-dutch-hacking-health-2016/ |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Smarthealth |language=nl-NL}}
References
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External links
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- [https://hacking-health.org/berlin/ Official website Hacking Health Berlin]
- [http://www.techvibes.com/blog/a-weekend-of-designing-better-healthcare-2013-02-26/ A weekend of designing better healthcare – Techvibes]
- [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/bridging-the-gap-between-doctors-and-hackers-to-upgrade-health-care/article547503/ Bridging the gap between doctors and hackers to upgrade healthcare – Globe and Mail]
- [http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/doctors-developers-hacking-their-way-to-better-healthcare-1.977231/ Doctors and developers hacking their way to better healthcare – CTV News]
- [http://timreview.ca/article/579/ Hacking Health: Bottom-up innovation for healthcare – Time and Innovation Management Review]
- [http://www.macleans.ca/2012/03/05/hacking-health-care-in-a-good-way/ Hacking healthcare in a good way – Macleans]
- [http://www.techvibes.com/blog/is-the-centralized-hospital-obsolete-2013-04-12/ Is the centralized hospital obsolete? - Techvibes]
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Category:2012 establishments in Ontario
Category:Medical and health organizations based in Quebec