Healthcare Hackathons Provide Educational and Innovation Opportunities: A Case Study and Best Practice Recommendations

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Silver, Julie K ^a,b,c   Binder, David S ^a,b   Zubcevik, Nevena ^a,b   Zafonte, Ross D ^a,b,c  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Hackathon; Healthcare training; Innovation; Interdisciplinary; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; MALE; PHYSICIAN; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REHABILITATION PATIENT; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SOFTWARE DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84976303128     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-016-0532-3     Document Type: Article

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