Veterans Health - MIT Hacking Medicine 2024
Hosted by Tampa VA Medical Center
May 17 - 19, 2024, at USF Morsani College of Medicine | Tampa, FL
Creating Solutions to Veterans' Health Challenges
Calling all innovators, makers, design-obsessives, scientists, nurses, doctors, entrepreneurs, programmers, engineers, researchers, artists, UX and CX designers, health care futurists and more. Join us in making a difference for Veterans. This event brings top minds together from VA, academia, and public and private sectors to reimagine Veteran health care. Experienced mentors join subject matter experts to guide “hackers” through this opportunity to revolutionize the care we provide for Veterans.
Interested Participants
Up to 300 participants, drawn primarily from Florida's VA Health Systems (VISN08), their academic affiliates, and the Tampa Bay community will work directly on solutions. Additional hackers will be selected through a nationally competitive process to ensure a diversity of backgrounds and expertise.
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Veterans Health - MIT Hacking Medicine
The Hackathon is a three-day event where participants are teamed up with diverse peers and expert mentors. Equipped with generative AI tools provided by Microsoft and de-identified data from the VA, teams will co-create solutions that address critical challenges set forth in VA’s Priorities to Action (P2A).
Join Us May 17, 2024 to May 19, 2024
University of South Florida
Morsani College of Medicine | Tampa, FL
What to Expect
Track Selection
Hackers will be assigned tracks based on their application. Each hacker will have the opportunity to express interest in their preferred tracks in the application.
Open Invitation
The Hackathon is open to the public and VA employees, allowing participation outside of regular VA duties.
Teammate Selection
Upon arrival, teams will self-form through problem pitches and will stay together throughout the event.
Application Process
Applications are continuously reviewed and accepted until applications close on April 30, 2024.
Inclusive Participation
Anyone ready to positively impact Veteran health care including Veterans, Clinicians, Scientists, Designers, Entrepreneurs, Administrators, Business Professionals, Engineers, Programmers, Researchers, and Artists.
Strategic Focus:
Hackathon Targets Priorities for Veteran Health
Veterans Health – MIT Hacking Medicine 2024 focuses on VHA priorities that include connecting Veterans to the soonest and best care using generative AI.
Track Challenges
Connect Veterans to the soonest and best care
Address scheduling delays through solutions to enhance telehealth, improve accessibility, match clinical expertise to Veteran needs, align resources for quality care, standardize processes, and optimize care coordination to ensure timely access to the best possible care for Veterans.
Prevent Veteran Suicide (Mental Health)
Focus on aspects like modernizing the technology behind virtual care, new care models and modalities, employee training, implementing diverse and inclusive care practices, and advancing research and specialized care for various Veteran populations.
Hire faster and more competitively
Improve VA's hiring process by introducing solutions to expedite recruitment, enhance the onboarding experience, reduce operational inefficiencies, and develop advanced hiring technologies, aiming to make VA a leader in 21st-century healthcare employment.
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Hackathon Application
Interested Participants
Revolutionize Veteran health care in a dynamic three-day event! Collaborate with diverse peers and expert mentors to devise innovative solutions for health challenges faced by Veterans.
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