Health Hack NI
Health Hack NI is an opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated Healthcare and Technology Professionals to work together, in an informal and non-commercial environment, to improve local Healthcare (and further afield). It's key partners are Kainos, EMC Corporation and Belfast City Council. The event was last run from 8–9 December 2012, and is based on the concept of a "Hackathon", which is well established as a highly productive way of quickly taking ideas to working prototype. By emphasizing hands-on work on small projects that can be tackled in a short period of time, assumptions can be quickly tested, teams can be built, and momentum can be generated for promising ideas in healthcare.
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