App challenge focuses on pediatric patients
NewYork-Presbyterian is holding a hackathon and challenge for apps and games aimed at the pediatric patient population.
The InnovateNYP: Pediatric App Challenge is a 10-week event that begins the weekend of March 12 with a 30-hour hackathon aimed at developing tech innovations for pediatric care. After the ten weeks, finalist teams will demonstrate their innovations for an expert panel for the opportunity to receive feedback. Three winning teams will receive a total of $10,000 in prizes.
NewYork-Presbyterian is encouraging participants to work in groups of eight, and requires each team to use HL7's Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards for data exchange between EHRs.
"Engaging the tech community represents a tremendous opportunity to develop new solutions in pediatrics," Daniel Barchi, CIO of NewYork-Presbyterian, said in a statement. "Following the success of our hackathon and challenge over the past two years, we felt it was again the right time to tap into innovative talent at the hospital and in the tech community. We look forward to seeing their creative ideas."
Participants may compete in the Appathon, Challenge or both. The competition is open to the general public, as well as New-York Presbyterian employees.
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