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Digital Healthcare Challenge 2023

Launch Pad hosted the Digital Healthcare Innovation Challenge on 7 October 2023!

The Innovation Challenge put students in the driver’s seat to co-design interactive electronic health records to enhance preparation for practice in healthcare . Apart from the outcome of the challenge, the skills learnt in this challenge would be valuable for students whether they become an employee for any organisation or choose to become an innovator, inventor or entrepreneur.

In this ONE DAY challenge, students from the School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences & School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment worked together to explore how we could develop a simulated electronic medical records (EMR) that can be used as a teaching tool for our undergraduate students.

The Challenge Question

“How do we digitise medical records so that they simulate what we will interact with in the workforce?”

Nursing students attend compulsory on-campus clinical practice units (CPUs) sessions as part of their studies. The CPUs must provide environments that emulate the clinical setting. Despite being introduced in healthcare settings, we do not have access to any form of electronic medical records (EMR). EMR is a crucial requirement of the pre-registration of health professionals, particularly nursing. Systems for health care providers do not provide a practice environment. Using simulated medical records in preparation for work-integrated learning would enhance our student’s work readiness. 

Participants worked with specialist mentors from startups and industry to help them develop ideas that apply advanced technology concepts while working in a real-world environment.

Download the challenge info pack
The Prizes
* All prizes are issued in vouchers.

Digital Healthcare Challenge Winners

The Challenge Question
Challenge Judges

1st Place

Transforming Healthcare

This forward-thinking team embraced cloud-based technology to create a simulation lab. Their approach streamlines paper-based patient files into data-driven healthcare, reducing paperwork and improving efficiency. 

Runner Up

MedTech Mastery

Machine learning enthusiasts, MedTech Mastery focused on providing individualised feedback using advanced algorithms. Their solution promises to enhance patient care by ensuring that it remains up-to-date and tailored to the needs of each individual. 

People's Choice Award

MEDAVISION

With AUGMENTED REALITY at its core, this team developed an app aimed at improving patient care.  

The Benefits

Skills learnt throughout the challenge

Soft Skills

1) Entrepreneurial Thinking
2) Problem Hacking
3) Non-verbal Communication skills
4) Radical Open-mindedness
5) Radical Creativity
6) Effective Brainstorming
7) Time Efficiency 
8) Radical Empathy
9) Collaboration

Hard Skills

1) Conceptual Design
2) Pitching for Impact
3) Sustainable Development Goals
4) Innovation Hack Canvasing
5) Entrepreneurial Process
6) Sustainable Design
7) Corporate Presentation/Storytelling

Industry Partner

Partnering in this Innovation Challenge is Virbela an international leader in the Metaverse space that brings people together to work, learn, meet, and train in an immersive virtual world – from anywhere.

Through the challenge, Virbela provided guest speakers and facilitators building opportunities for students to connect with industry leaders. 

Virbela also provided a range of prizes for challenge winners including tickets to major events and personalised career mentoring opportunities. 

Challenge Day

The Digital Healthcare Challenge was a whole-day hackathon event (9.00 AM – 5.00 PM).

Date: Saturday, 07 October 2023 

Location: Launch Pad, Parramatta (6 Hassall Street, Parramatta, NSW 2150)

Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

What is the Innovation Challenge?
What happens on the challenge day?
   +61 2 9678 7200

  Suite 12, Ground Floor, 14 Great Western Highway,
Werrington NSW 2747
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