Hackathon Support

This year’s Hackathon is supported by the Brigham Innovation Hub, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, with support from MIT’s Hacking Medicine and in-kind support from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

Hackathon Prizes

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Prize

Blue_cross_blue_shield_of_massachusetts_logo The winning team will have the opportunity to enjoy lunch with members of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) management team—Andrew Dreyfus (CEO), Bill Fandrich (CTO) and Jason Robart (CHRO & President of Zaffre Investments). In addition, the team will also advance to the interview round of Healthbox III—a health care accelerator that expedites startups market entry by providing access to an early-adopter community of industry customers. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is proud to provide quality health care coverage to approximately 2.9 million members and is working to improve the health of their members and the care they receive.

Brigham Innovation Hub Prize

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The winning team will get a series of consultative and advisory meetings from the Brigham Innovation Hub and our colleagues:
 

  • Two, one hour consultations with the Innovation Hub team – one within one month of the Hackathon and the second, within 2-3 months of the Hackathon.
  • The Innovation Hub will set up a minimum of three meetings with Brigham clinicians or administrators to further vet your team’s idea as a potential solution for the hospital.
  • Within two months of the Hackathon the winning team will get to present to the Brigham Innovation Hub’s Engineering Council for feedback and advice.

 
The Brigham Innovation Hub builds on the hospital’s culture of creativity and excellence by harnessing the power of our community’s clinicians, inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs. Our mission is to advance caring and curing through healthcare innovation.

H@cking Medicine Prize

blue_logo_large H@cking Medicine Prize: The winning team will receive a Jawbone developer kit and also 1 hour of mentoring with 2 Entrepreneurs-In-Residence at MIT.  H@cking Medicine’s mission is to create an ecosystem at MIT and host the Boston medical community and beyond to teach entrepreneurs and clinicians the skills necessary to launch disruptive healthcare businesses.  

Mad*Pow Prize

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Mad* Pow Prize: The winning team will receive 3 hours of design and user experience mentoring from Amy Cueva, the Chief Experience Officer of Mad* Pow.

Mad* Pow is a full-service design agency that improves the experiences people have with technology, organizations and each other.