We are excited to announce our second Speaker Series with Dr. Daniel Harrington, PhD, on Tuesday, March 23rd, at 5 PM (CT) via WebEx. Dr. Harrington is a co-founder and the Chief Scientific Officer of Polyvascular and an Assistant Professor at UTHealth School of Dentistry.
Polyvascular’s mission is to transform the care of children with congenital heart disease by manufacturing next-generation heart valves that can be delivered in a minimally-invasive manner. The company was a member of the 2017 medical device startup cohort at TMCx, the premier healthcare startup incubator in Houston, and has won awards at the Texas A&M New Ventures Competition and the SXSW Impact Pediatric Health Startup Pitch Competition. We will be discussing his path through medical innovation and journey of entrepreneurship.
At the conclusion of the session, we will be drawing for 3 chances to win an HIC mask and hat. We hope to see you there!
The 3rd annual Healthcare Innovation Challenge was held virtually on Feb 27th, 2021! 11 interprofessional teams developed a proposal that focused on pandemic recovery and successfully presented their solution to judges. Please help us congratulate winning teams 3, 8, and 10! 🥳🎉🏆 Stay tuned to see the audience choice winning team (and their pitch!) tomorrow 🎥
20/02/2021
Join us next Saturday, February 27th, at 12 PM (CST) to hear our keynote speaker, Dr. Syra Madad, present at the 3rd annual Healthcare Innovation Challenge via Zoom! 🤩
Please register for the open viewing of the keynote presentation as well as to see HIC finalists: https://bcm.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsce6uqjIjGNNqg-SNV9DSJx_eju7i2der
31/01/2021
Today is the last day to register for the healthcare innovation challenge! Register to compete in HIC 2021: https://forms.gle/oNZmaFnDo51ZYqpx8 💡🧠
28/01/2021
It’s pertinent to think about the present-day issues of COVID-19, but the consequences of the future are inevitable. What do we need to be doing now and later? If you’re interested in HIC, there’s still time to register to compete! The deadline is this Sunday, Jan 31st! 💡🧠🧐
Among many other issues, COVID-19 has exacerbated and further increased readmission rates. If you're interested in solving systemic issues, HIC is the opportunity for you. Time is running out to register! While the deadline is this Sunday, January 31st, we highly recommend you sign up sooner to secure a spot in the competition!
The deadline to sign up for the Healthcare Innovation Challenge is approaching fast! While registration remains open this week until January 31st, we highly recommend signing up ASAP to secure participation as spots are limited on a first-come, first-served basis. HIC is a great learning and networking opportunity (especially in a time where we are limited in social interaction) with complimentary perks like a free shirt and mask and up to $1,200 cash prizes for winning teams!
Missed the info session? We’ve got you covered. Here are all the details you need to know about the Healthcare Innovation Challenge! Spots are running out so register to compete ASAP! 💡
Have questions about the Healthcare Innovation Challenge (HIC)? HIC leaders are ready to answer at our information session this Thursday, January 21st at 6 PM (CST) via WebEx! There is much to gain as a participant in this challenge (free shirt, mask, and up to $1200 for winning teams!) so be sure to join us to learn more about the growing annual competition!
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Healthcare Innovation Challenge sets out to empower health professionals to adopt an interdisciplinary mindset in their work to improve human health.
We believe that acknowledging our individual limitations, leveraging our colleagues’ diverse skill sets and working with them collaboratively can improve the current dismal state of American healthcare.
The competition was founded by three first-year medical students (Jeff Woods, Niharika Neela, and Luciano Posada) from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School. The idea was born out of their prior experience with the healthcare system and recognition that successful patient care required much more than science.
To these students, it became apparent that inter-professional training was limited, but luckily not absent. They decided to create a case competition/hackathon-style event where students could be on teams with students from other healthcare professions working on a common problem. With help from the mentors and the interprofessional education office, they were able to successfully hold the first UT Health Healthcare Innovation Challenge in April 2019.
Purpose: To promote interprofessional innovation in the way healthcare professionals approach systemic issues in healthcare.
Mission: To organize an annual interprofessional, team-based, healthcare problem-solving event for professionals and students who want to work toward creating a better healthcare system in America.
Goals:
To catalyze early student collaboration with their interprofessional peer network.
To spark interest in the shortcomings of the healthcare system and to increase the accountability of future health professionals.
To share and create: effective, detailed, and practical solutions to real problems in the healthcare system.