HackMed is a medical hackathon aimed at developing creative solutions to solve problems within medicine and healthcare. It is a student-run event for individuals from various backgrounds interested in the crossroads of life sciences and technology.

Throughout the weekend, hackers at HackMed will have a unique opportunity to learn from each other, build awesome projects together, and share them with other hackers. This will allow a multi-disciplinary mesh of people working on developing solutions to pressing problems within healthcare and medicine.

$948 in prizes

• Usefulness (25%)
  Did the solution solve a real-world medical problem? How much of an impact will it have on medicine and healthcare?
• Technical difficulty (25%)
  How hard was it to implement the solution? Was it a simple website or did the team build something that we’ve not seen before?
• Originality (25%)
  How new the idea? Is it the next Uber for doctors or are they creating something groundbreaking new?
• Design/User experience/Polish (25%)
  Did the team build something with the end user in mind? How polished is the hack?