Health Hack Academy 2015
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| Coordinator | STIFTELSEN VETENSKAPSSTADEN - Stockholm Science City / Vetenskapsstaden |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 150 000 |
| Project duration | May 2015 - October 2015 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
Within the project included an innovation program with a hackathon and workshops. The aim was to catalyze the generation of ideas and the development of new products/services in IoT for health. The goal was that the project would result in a number of tools based on real needs. Of a total of 13 teams participating in the hackathon, five were selected by an expert jury to join two workshops and learn more about prototyping, communication, marketing and PR. These teams presented their solutions at the conference Digital Health Days. Three of the teams also got continued business support.
Results and expected effects
The project created an arena where real needs, described by healthcare providers and the companies were solved by teams consisting of individuals with different competences. The expected long terms effects and result were that a number of products and services should reach the market and generate benefits for healthcare and individuals. The five teams, which were selected to undergo the full program, all have continued to work on their products and services with the ambition to develop a working product/service.
Approach and implementation
The project had five main activities: 1) specification of needs, 2) weekend hackathon 3) workshop in prototyping, 4) communication training, and 5) presentation at Digital Health Days. Activity 1 was carried out through several individual meetings with the owners of the needs. Activity 4 meant a workshop in communication and PR. SSCi was responsible for project management and administration. EIT Digital, Veryday, Praktikertjänst, STING, Raw Agency, Forward Technologies and Frogleap Accelerator contributed with support to the participants in a well-functioning cooperation.