Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel held a launch event yesterday for MedHack 2017. MedHack 2017 would be the first medical hackathon to be held in Sri Lanka. Held in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine and the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka, the launch of MedHack 2017 took place at the Mobitel Innovation Center at Trace Expert City, Maradana.
Well, MedHack aims to create a new generation of health solutions by harnessing the power of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics and even advanced sensor technology. All this would possibly result in a healthier tomorrow for both us and the generations to come. Spearheaded by Mobitel, MedHack is also powered by eChanneling, Sri Lanka’s largest doctor channeling network.
Well, during the preliminary stages of MedHack 2017, all you had to do is to click this linkand submit a problem that you have faced in the health sector. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a problem, but it could even be a suggestion on how to improve a certain process regarding health. For example, if you feel that the time taken to prescribe and distribute medication to patients can be improved, that itself is a possible idea that you can submit. All submissions will then be reviewed by a panel of experts in the health industry to see which ones are feasible and those submissions will be the basis for competitive challenges that participating teams will have to address.