CS @ uWaterloo announcements

MedHacks is the largest healthcare hackathon in the world hosting 400+ clinicians, engineers, data scientists, and students annually! The upcoming Virtual Fall 2020 event will take place the weekend of September 4th-6th where we will be tackling pressing medical issues at the intersection of medicine, tech, and entrepreneurship. We'll have a variety of speakers and workshops including Will Robbins from Contrary Capital, Po-Shen Loh founder of NOVID and professor at CMU, and Google Cloud. We're offering $3,500+ in prizes and tons of high quality opportunities for mentorship and networking. This is a fantastic opportunity to interact with physicians and industry sponsors, connect with students from across the globe and be a part of one of the largest annual events on campus. No hackathon experience is necessary! You can apply to attend (required for participation) and find more info on our website,  medhacks.io/2020 . The deadline is August 15th....

Vanderbilt University has just launched a $20,000 challenge to transform the Patient Clinical Summary into an informative, highly usable, personalized conduit for patient empowerment ( http://healthappchallenge.com/ ).  The contest is seeking software solutions that can generate rich, highly usable, and informative Patient Clinical Summaries.   Contestants will use a set of test patient information, data schema, and other resources to develop applications that create modernized Patient Clinical Summaries as part of the electronic health record.  The goal will be to achieve Meaningful Use objectives and convey personalized health information. The winning submission will receive $10,000 and there will be up to 5 additional $2,000 awards.  Team registration will open May 1.  The submission deadline is August 1. An introductory video about the contest can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeTXUc8yJHY Please feel free to co...

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HIPE- Health Informatics Professional Engagement Series The HIPE series promotes informal exchange between EPs and HI leaders. Leaders offer their insight into and experience about issues, trends and opportunities in the field. HIPE sessions are an excellent opportunity for EPs to ask questions and network with both their peers and industry leaders. Join us for our first HIPE Career Development Workshop! Emerging Professionals in Health Informatics are invited to the first HIPE Career Development Workshop in downtown Toronto at 6:00pm, Jan. 17, 2013. Entitled Maximizing Resources and Effective Strategies for the Online Job Application Process, the workshop will provide a holistic approach to COACHs Emerging Professionals on strategies thatimprove your online profile, maximizing opportunities for career advancement. This workshop is an interactive session designed to help participants better understand the on-line application process. Participants will have the opportunity to i...