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eHealth Conference

Calling all hackers, designers, developers, and engineers!

Join Hacking Health Toronto and CIHR at eHealth 2017 for the biggest hackathon EVER with up to $675k of grants allocated to transform your hackathon prototypes into fully baked and potentially commercially viable solutions.

Hacking Health TO is back at the National eHealth 2017 conference in collaboration with CIHR and the Mental Health Commission of Canada to tackle one of Canada’s most pressing challenges: workplace mental health and wellbeing. The goal of this hackathon is to develop innovative, evidence-informed, gender-responsive and culturally-appropriate digital mental health solutions that foster the labour force participation of women, men and gender-diverse people at risk of or struggling with workplace stress or mental health injuries.

Projects

Hackers are invited to work with senior researchers and power users to build prototypes over 3 days.

Each project idea will be funded post-hackathon with up to $75,000 grant to fully develop the prototype into a validated mental health solution.

Mental support application for precarious and unemployed workers
Supporting the mental health beings of long term care workers
Fostering well-being, stress reduction, and sense of belonging during critical transitions to full-time work
Taking control of digital stress in healthcare settings
An e-health intervention for indigenous mental health in the workplace: a partnership with the Nokiiwin Tribal Council
Addressing the burden of addictions on the workforce with e-tool Solutions
Building accessible mental health literacy training and supports for small, under-resourced health care workplaces
Developing an e-mental health program for prevention of major depression in workplaces
Role strain support for caregiver employees through digital solutions
More information on the projects will be posted on Sparkboard (stay tuned for link)

Registration

There are limited spots open for the hackathon. To participate, please register to apply.

Successful applicants will be provided with an access code to buy tickets within a week of applying.

Tickets are $25*. If you cannot pay for a ticket, email us and we may be able to figure out a way to get you involved.

* Ticket gives access to the hackathon, plus eHealth Conference trade show floor. If you want full access to the eHealth Conference, you must register and putchase tickets at the eHealth Conference website.

Early Bird

The sooner you apply the better chances that you will get to work on your selected project. PLUS, if you apply by April 12th, you will be entered into a draw to win one of five all-inclusive passes to the National eHealth Conference ($1,550 value). The draw will take place during our next café.

Awards

Each team will be awarded up to $75,000 award to continue working on their prototype post-hackathon? But there’s more! Here’s a list of some awards available to support your projects (please check back as we continue to populate this list):

Up to $75,000 grants to be managed by the CIHR researcher of each project
Desjardins Insurance: workshops, mentorship, and potential pilot
Gevity Consulting: management consulting workshops and mentorship from thought leaders
Cassette Health: up to $75k in matching credits working with in-house’s designers, developers, and marketing experts

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Liverpool Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Hackathon

 


 

 

90% of UK youth will get a negative reaction to their mental health diagnosis, ultimately leading to 40% of them dropping out of school or college.

 

These are just one of the issues you could tackle. Better yet, bring your own idea as you join us March 10-12 in Liverpool.


This year it’s about mental health and learning disabilities

Over the course of the weekend we’ll be uniting Designers, Engineers, Developers, Innovators, Mental Health and Social Care professionals, Patient/ Service User groups, Entrepreneurs and anyone interested in taking part in creating and designing solutions to healthcare challenges.

By the end of the weekend you will be part of a team that’s designed and/or created a prototype that could help solve mental health and social care challenges. Plus, you’ll have made new connections with amazing people from across disciplines in the tech, health and entreprenuerial world.

The hackathon is a collective activity, it transcends individual agendas and gives a voice to all participants. This makes your contribution invaluable.

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HH Liverpool Cafe 2

 

In preparation for Hacking Health’s first UK Hackathon on #MentalHealth and #LearningDisabilities we’re getting Liverpool ready by organising a series of Hacking Health cafes.

If you’re a designer, developer, entrepreneur, or have lived experience of mental health or learning disabilities, a mental health or social work professional or have any level of interest in this area, join us to find out how your experience can help create change for the better in the field of mental health and learning disabilities.

 

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Hacking Health Liverpool Intro cafe

 

In preparation for Hacking Health’s first UK Hackathon on #MentalHealth and #LearningDisabilities we’re getting Liverpool ready by organising a series of Hacking Health cafes.

If you’re a designer, developer, entrepreneur, or have lived experience of mental health or learning disabilities, a mental health or social work professional or have any level of interest in this area, join us to find out how your experience can help create change for the better in the field of mental health and learning disabilities.

 

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