This 32-hour event challenged participants to produce a focused electronic health record solution in support of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and its mission of improving the lives of veterans and their families.
A large percentage of veterans are believed to suffer from one or more chronic conditions. Many of these patients see multiple health-care specialists to manage their conditions, lending even more urgency to the production of a streamlined, coordinated approach to health care.
Organizers hoped the event would help bring about integrated veteran health records, given the fragmented nature of the VA health-care system, where huge volumes of veteran health records are spread between different medical facilities and some 1,500 databases.
“We are proud to have brought together some of the brightest minds in technology to help facilitate faster and easier sharing of vital health information, enable coordinated care and ultimately better the lives of our nation’s veterans,” said Gary Hoberman, MetLife CIO and senior vice president of regional application development, in a statement.
In addition to an overall winner, top prizes were awarded in four divisions: mobile; data integration and augmentation; user experience; and predictive analysis. Participants were asked to make their solutions shareable by using open source code.
Organizer MetLife partnered with a number of organizations for the event, including Microsoft, Infusion and MongoDB. Talent from local universities and tech companies -- including IBM, DB Global Technology, Cognizant, Tata Consultancy Services and Duke University -- also participated.
