texas healthcare challenge: Virtual Hackathon
Info Sessions: March 1-5, 2021 Hackathon: March 5-6, 2021
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Info Sessions | March 1-4, 2021 | 6:30-7:30pm CST
Tuesday | March 2nd
Tuesday | March 2nd
Tuesday | March 2nd
JC Adams and Amy Looper will discuss challenges of mental health like the 4000% increase in crisis line phone calls last year and the demand & supply issues concerning mental health professionals.
Wednesday | March 3rd
Wednesday | March 3rd
Wednesday | March 3rd
Hear about Dr. Hirsch’s personal experience being on the COVID clinical trial as well as other trials his company, SignalPath, is involved with.
Thursday | March 4th
Wednesday | March 3rd
Wednesday | March 3rd
Hear about Jovelyn Castellanos' work at Parkland Hospital to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among the population and Shireen Abdullah’s experience addressing improving health outcomes among minorities.
Event Information
Who's Invited?
What is the "Texas Healthcare Challenge"?
Who's Invited?
Students, entrepreneurs, nurses, faculty, scientists, doctors, patients, engineers, developers, graphic designers, insurance specialists, policymakers, corporate managers, and just about anyone else!
See below for a Photo Gallery and videos highlighting our past events!
Why Now?
What is the "Texas Healthcare Challenge"?
Who's Invited?
As we've seen with our first 3 Texas Healthcare Challenges in 2019 and 2020, these events are a fantastic way to engage the community and develop some brilliant solutions for some of the biggest pain points in the healthcare and life sciences industries. With the help of the US Small Business Administration, we were able to bring WISH to
As we've seen with our first 3 Texas Healthcare Challenges in 2019 and 2020, these events are a fantastic way to engage the community and develop some brilliant solutions for some of the biggest pain points in the healthcare and life sciences industries. With the help of the US Small Business Administration, we were able to bring WISH to North TX as a means to foster innovation and empower future female leaders.
In 2018, we saw a 2012 MIT healthcare hackathon graduate, PillPack, get purchased by Amazon for $1 Billion.
What is the "Texas Healthcare Challenge"?
What is the "Texas Healthcare Challenge"?
What is the "Texas Healthcare Challenge"?
TXHCC is a series of healthcare hackathons designed to bring together a diverse group of people with various backgrounds and professions to come up with big solutions to big problems. This event employs a creative method that allows teams to create and assess actionable business models within a 2-day span. This year the format will be a l
TXHCC is a series of healthcare hackathons designed to bring together a diverse group of people with various backgrounds and professions to come up with big solutions to big problems. This event employs a creative method that allows teams to create and assess actionable business models within a 2-day span. This year the format will be a little different as we will move to a VIRTUAL platform for the 2 day hackathon.
The scale of this type of event for healthcare innovation is still new to our region and there's no one better than Health Wildcatters to make it happen and to draw the biggest and best crowd!
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