#WISH2020

TXHCC Hackathons are weekend-long events that bring professionals and students alike together to tackle some of the healthcare industry's biggest pain points.

Friday night starts with "problem pitching", where participants choose to either pitch a problem and form a team, or listen to the pitches and join a team.  The night kicks off the weekend and is all about team formation.  Here is an example of a past TXHCC participant's pitch:

"Patients don’t know about clinical trials, and clinical trials don’t know about patients. Help me solve this problem!"

Saturday morning kicks off with breakfast and jumps right into team hacking.  You and your team will work on creating a viable solution to your chosen problem, identify if there is actually a market for your idea, develop a functional business model, address key risks, and maybe even develop a prototype!  Don't worry if you don't have experience, as there will be expert mentors ready to help you tackle any obstacle (think hospital CFO's, successful serial entrepreneurs, business development professionals, and more).  In addition, we will host keynote speakers (TBA) during lunch.

Saturday evening concludes with each team presenting a short powerpoint to pitch your newly developed solution.  Judges will score each team with big cash and in-kind prizes awarded to winning teams.  The night ends with a party to celebrate everyone's hard work! 

Examples of past TXHCC problem themes:

• AI in Healthcare
• AR/VR & Rehab
• Clinical Innovations
• Cost Reduction / Price Transparency
• Digital Health / Mobile Health / Consumer Health
• Future of Health Insurance
• Improving Access to Care
• Mental Health / Brain Health
• Internet of Things / Wearables

Check out the facebook album below for photos on the 2019 Texas Healthcare Challenge presented by Spectrum Reach!