My brother is a consultant at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness and a colleague is trying to attract interest from industry, computing students or anyone with a bit of computing knowledge in a hack day they are running with the College of Anaesthetists in London (details at: http://gashack.rcoa.it)
The idea is modelled around similar events that have been hosted this year like the NHS Hack day or the MIT hackathon.
Doctors with an idea or project come along and pitch it to the meeting. Developers chose the idea that appeals to them and work on it over the Saturday and Sunday.
On the Sunday afternoon, the teams demo their products in front of the rest of the attendees and a panel of judges. There are prizes to the teams with the most innovative, exciting or world-changing product.
The event is free and run at the Royal College of Anaesthetists in London; 21st and 22nd of October. It’s a nice venue and they’re buying lunch.
For staff working in IT, it is essentially a charity event. For students, it’s a nice opportunity to work on real life projects and get something on your CV.
All developer skills are welcome. The theme is around peri-operative care but they will consider any ideas. The clinicians are all intensive care and anaesthetic doctors.
If you would like to help or be involved or just want more information, please get in touch with Michael Leggate (NHS Highland) in the first instance (michaelleggate@nhs.net). He would be very happy to hear from you.
Thanks.
Bill.