Health Innovation Challenge 2015

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Event Details
  • Dates/Times:
    • Friday April 10, 2015
      12:00 am - 11:59 pm
    • Saturday April 11, 2015
      12:00 am - 11:59 pm
    • Sunday April 12, 2015
      12:00 am - 11:59 pm
  • Location: Atlanta VA Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA
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Summaries

Summary Sentence: Over 150 students, professionals, and mentors will come together from around the United States to build something to address unmet healthcare needs for our nation’s Veterans.

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In collaboration with the VA Center for Innovation, Forge Health is excited to hold its second annual Health Innovation Challenge, April 10-12, 2015. Over 150 students, professionals, and mentors will come together from around the United States to build something to address unmet healthcare needs for our nation’s Veterans. Form a team and test your idea with real people and leaders from experienced healthcare, marketing, and investment industries, for a chance to win cash prizes in addition to other awesome tools that will help you take your idea to the next level! Dr. Carolyn Clancy, the Undersecretary for Health for the Department of Veterans Affairs, will serve as the keynote speaker at this first of its kind event at the VA! In addition, you will have the opportunity to test out the software development kit for the new electronic Health Management Platform (eHMP) at the VA! 

Event website: http://challenge.forgehealth.org/

Additional Information

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Invited Audience
Undergraduate students, Faculty/Staff, Public, Graduate students
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Keywords
Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Health Innovation Challenge, healthcare, investment, marketing, veteran
Status
  • Created By: Alyson Key
  • Workflow Status: Archived
  • Created On: Mar 23, 2015 - 6:13am
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:19pm