Description

Health technology challenges are posed to a broad community of developers, designers, entrepreneurs and others interested in developing innovative solutions to health care problems.

HIMSS platform of almost 80,000 members helps organizations and communities crowdsource solutions to the problems that are most important to them and to raise awareness around pressing issues.

Target Theme:

The HIMSS SDOH Tech Challenge will focus on Social Determinants of Health and the impact on underrepresented communities and align with HIMSS new Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiative.

Target Audience:

HIMSS is uniquely positioned to bring together innovators, patient advocates, government, payers and provider networks and the community to offer transformative experiences & serve as the vehicle to address underserved communities and to improve health and health care for all populations.  HIMSS will use our far reaching impact by promoting patient engagement programs that ensure the underserved are not isolated or left behind in this digital health revolution.

Tentative Timeline: 

• September 2019– Initiate community/stakeholder/partner engagement efforts (HIMSS & HIMSS Chapter).
• October 1, 2019– Announce Challenge at HIMSS Georgia Chapter Fall Conference; initiate community engagement efforts in Atlanta
• October, 2019- Host in-person design – (potentially  led by Accenture’s Fjord Design Team) stakeholder meeting in Atlanta to finalize scope of challenge (i.e. Explore In conjunction with HIMSS Georgia Chapter Fall Conference )
• Mid-October 2019– Launch Virtual Tech Challenge
• December 2019 – Close Challenge
• January 2020 –Online Judging & Announce Winner via press release
• March 2020 –Showcase Winner at the HIMSS20 Developers Lab

Sponsor Partner Expectations

• Co-develop the challenge design and stakeholder participant list
• Participate as a Challenge Judge and participant of the roundtable event
• Participate as a panelist in the Tech Challenge Webinar
• Co-brand and use commercially reasonable marketing efforts to promote the Challenge
• Identify partners to support Challenge Prizes (i.e. funding, pilot opportunities)

Fall 2019 SDOH Tech Challenge Premier Sponsorship - Exclusive 

• Sponsor collaboration with HIMSS in the design of the Challenge.
• Sponsor guidance, input, instructions, and assistance to the Participants of the Challenge.   Sponsor agrees that any prototype or ideas developed from such guidance, input, instructions, and assistance shall not be considered or construed as Sponsor’s intellectual property.
• Industry output report as a result of the Challenge to be cobranded with HIMSS, Sponsor, & Partners to be promoted through HIMSS communications and social media channels
• Sponsor name, logo and (where appropriate) company description, on all industry report related materials, to include:
• Report cover
• “About…” section at the back of the report
• Executive Summary
• Infographic
• Press release
• Opportunity for two (2) sponsor participants at the roundtable discussion held in Georgia with key stakeholders, such as representatives from HIMSS Chapter, local partners, and government. The date is TBD.
• Recognition as the overall Challenge sponsor on HIMSS.org landing page, promotional materials, signage, HIMSS TV, and HIMSS20 Developers Lab
• Opportunity to have one (1) piece of collateral at in-person design event
• Recognition as sponsor of the Challenge and participation in a HIMSS hosted webinar (targeted to the Innovation & Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Communities) scheduled TBD
• Co-authored blog to be posted on the Social Determinants of Health Tech webpage.
• HIMSS20 30-minutes speaking session
• Time and location TBD