Health hackathons

摘要

Institutional obstacles to clinical translation of novel technologies frequently prevent bench research advances from reaching patients. Training in rapid innovation methods is not broadly accessible to most clinicians and researchers, and structured opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and co-creation of innovations addressing clinical needs remain relatively uncommon. MIT Hacking Medicine is a student, academic, and community led innovation group that uses systems-oriented “healthcare hacking” to address the challenges in innovation adoption.