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. 2016 Oct-Nov;40(7-8):392-399.
doi: 10.1080/03091902.2016.1213903. Epub 2016 Aug 10.

The hackathon model to spur innovation around global mHealth

Pantelis Angelidis  1 , Leslie Berman  2 , Maria de la Luz Casas-Perez  3 , Leo Anthony Celi  4 , George E Dafoulas  5 , Alon Dagan  4   6 , Braiam Escobar  7 , Diego M Lopez  8 , Julieta Noguez  3 , Juan Sebastian Osorio-Valencia  7 , Charles Otine  2 , Kenneth Paik  4 , Luis Rojas-Potosi  9 , Andreas L Symeonidis  10 , Eric Winkler  4
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The hackathon model to spur innovation around global mHealth

Pantelis Angelidis et al. J Med Eng Technol. 2016 Oct-Nov.

Abstract

The challenge of providing quality healthcare to underserved populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has attracted increasing attention from information and communication technology (ICT) professionals interested in providing societal impact through their work. Sana is an organisation hosted at the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that was established out of this interest. Over the past several years, Sana has developed a model of organising mobile health bootcamp and hackathon events in LMICs with the goal of encouraging increased collaboration between ICT and medical professionals and leveraging the growing prevalence of cellphones to provide health solutions in resource limited settings. Most recently, these events have been based in Colombia, Uganda, Greece and Mexico. The lessons learned from these events can provide a framework for others working to create sustainable health solutions in the developing world.

Keywords: Sana; global health; hackathon; health informatics; mHealth.

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