Yale Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT) Healthcare Hackathon 2020 theme is: Social Determinants of Health

Dear New Haven and other CT Neighbors, Colleagues, Educators, Mentors, Engineers/Designers, Experts with Lived Experience, Parents, Students, Activists/Advocates, Healthcare Innovators, Visionaries, Movers & Shakers:

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there are conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes.  These conditions are known as social determinants of health (SDOH).  For people and communities with SDOH such as food insecurity, unstable housing, history of incarceration, disability, environmental degradation, mental health issues, poverty, unsafe streets, gun violence and substandard education, there are striking differences in quality of health and health outcomes.

When we think of solutions for improving health, if we take SDOH into consideration, communities and researchers can improve individual and community health and advance health equity.

So what can you do to “create social and physical environments that promote good health for all”?  Join us for the

Yale Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT) Healthcare Hackathon 2020 theme is:  Social Determinants of Health

Friday, January 24, 2020 through Sunday, January 26, 2020 55 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06510 Visit yalehackhealth.org to complete the Application

The 2020 Yale Healthcare Hackathon will be focusing on SDOH, encouraging participants to focus on problems such as: -Housing affordability  -Food insecurity -Environmental impact on health  -Medical-legal partnerships; access to justice -Access to behavioral and mental health A Healthcare Hackathon is an event in which people with diverse perspectives such as clinicians, engineers, designers, software developers, business people, students, community members and patients come together in an intense, fun-filled, three-day weekend to develop and build solutions that could address challenges facing healthcare today. Participants will form teams, collaborate within a limited time frame, and focus on a specific problem or idea in healthcare to come up with innovative ideas and solutions. Hackathon Award Amounts Grand Prize: $2,500.00 Runner-up: $1,500.00 Audience Choice: $750.00 Sponsored Prizes: InnovateHealth Yale Prize for Public Health Innovation: $1,000.00 Sustainable Health Initiative Prize for Global Health Innovation: $1,000.00 Wondering more about what a healthcare Hackathon is? Watch an overview here.  See the attached documents for more information and spread the word to your networks.  The event is free and meals will be provided.  Just bring your brilliance. Questions? Contact CBIT at Yalehackhealth@gmail.com