Healthcare Hackathon with AI (H2ai)

From left to right: Maureen Robbins (judge), team members Mohammad Qader, Javier Arana, Jenna Williams-Bader (judge), Molly Li, and Bradley Hu. (Photo courtesy of H2Ai)

Healthcare Hackathon with AI (H2AI), hosted Georgetown University, was a 36-hour hackathon held April 12-14,  inviting clinicians, students, and industry partners in the DMV area (Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia) to collaborate. The Patient Safety Technology Challenge, with funding from the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, sponsored the $2,500 prize for the best innovation in patient safety. The prize was judged by Paulie Jesukiewicz, Maureen Robbins, and Jenna Williams-Bader and was awarded to NexusCare.

NexusCare provides doctors with one-click access to geriatric research in their electronic health record (EHR) system. NexusCare team members include: Inara Jalisi, Molly Li, Mohammad Qader, Bradley Hu, and Javier Arana. The team shared they had a fantastic time participating in the H2AI and are grateful to have won the Best Patient Safety Tech Award.

“The Patient Safety Technology Challenge was instrumental in making H2AI a resounding success, providing crucial financial resources and a wide network that greatly enriched the event. Their connections brought in top-tier workshop speakers and judges, deepening participants' understanding of patient safety and highlighting areas for contribution. Collaborating with them was seamless and inspiring, we wholeheartedly recommend partnering with them to drive patient safety innovations.” - H2AI co-founders Yumin Gao and Jacqueline Sandling

The Patient Safety Technology Challenge also hosted a Patient Safety 101 workshop as part of the event. The facilitator, Colonel Steven Coffee, the chief of staff at the National Security Agency and co-founder of Patients for Patient Safety said, “The patient perspective is at the intersection of technology and safer care. The Patient Safety Technology Challenge illuminates the importance of using the patient perspective as both the north star to guide our efforts to bridge the high touch essence of medicine with the changing high tech.”

Judge Maureen Robbins, a client director at Mortgage Solutions, added, “The Patient Safety Technology Challenge was a transformative force, driving innovation and collaboration to enhance patient safety.  The future generation is reshaping patient safety, driving innovation for a healthier tomorrow.”