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Multidisciplinary teams will design and pitch a viable and realistic solution that enhances the care of elderly at home with dementia in NC and improves the quality of life for their caregivers.

The Problem : Caregivers of those with dementia are tasked with conducing a diverse range of activities to support loved ones. They need technology tools to support them in caring for their loved ones in innovative ways. The Challenge: To design and pitch technology-based solutions that have the potential to lighten the burden that falls on family caregivers, particularly by helping them to coordinate the demanding tasks and the complex networks of relationships involved with caring for others. The Advantage: This inaugural NCHICA event will connect you with other innovators and industry veterans in the Triangle, NC area. Food and awards totaling $4,500 to the top designs will be provided. Tickets are just $10 for students and $90 for industry professionals. Sign-up today as space is limited

Validic APIs provide convenient and easy access to data from medical devices, wearables and health apps relevant to these conditions. This will enable you to quickly integrate patient monitoring data into your solution and greatly accelerate the development. Validic will be offering API access to developers during the event to help build a technology that will better healthcare. The team with the best usecase for Validic API will win Validic mHealth Bounty will also walk away with $5,000 worth of API credit. To get started now and to gain valuable Validic API please fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1p08KfrxSqVsC6Y1mhUMuTW7eFV1NDqBYrv-BREBWj8Q/viewform . Also check out developer challenge support page here: https://validic.com/codeathon

$500 - This prize is presented by Duke MMCi Duke University’s Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi). The MMCi program prepares graduates to work at the intersection of business, technology and health care. The multi-discipline curriculum integrates business and clinical informatics principles equipping students to address the challenges of cost and quality in health care. The program is designed for working professionals with classes that meet every other weekend. Join the discussion with clinicians, technologist, researchers, business, and policy professionals in this dynamic program. Applications being accepted for August start. For more information, visit: http://dukemmci.org/

$1,000 - This prize is presented by Himformatics. Himformatics harnesses IT and business expertise to help clients deliver healthcare in a way that makes a difference. From strategy to implementation, our select team of consultants specializes in getting the most value from IT to improve clinical processes and financial performance, and ensure regulatory compliance. Our expertise spans a range of comprehensive and specialized services for healthcare organizations big and small. We draw on our decades of experience to earn a place as a trusted adviser to your business, and we thrive on delivering exceptional service and results. For further information, visit http://himformatics.com/ .

Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton: $3,000 - First prize. Booz Allen Hamilton is a leading provider of management consulting, technology, and engineering services to the US government in defense, intelligence, and civil markets, and to major corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Booz Allen is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, employs more than 22,000 people, and had revenue of $5.48 billion for the 12 months ended March 31, 2014. In 2014, Booz Allen celebrated its 100th anniversary year. To learn more, visit www.boozallen.com . (NYSE: BAH)

All students of North Carolina Universities and those with an expertise in aging or caregiving are invited to participate. Those with a valid active student ID from a North Carolina University may register for the student rate. Others must register for the non-student rate.

Utilization of at least one of the six futuristic mechanisms of care coordination

Teams will follow all rules as outlined on the teaming website. Teams will design and pitch technology based solutions that fit into one of six future mechanisms of coordination and improve the quality of life for caregivers of elderly with dementia at home. All final pitches must be performed live using multimedia in front of the panel of judges at Quintiles on April 12 from 3pm to 5pm. Teams must form after March 1 and create and pitch a new solution as a team.

How to enter

Register for the event here. Student registration is $10 and non-student registration is $90. This includes meals and snacks throughout the two day event.

Sponsor Information

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a leading provider of management consulting, technology, and engineering services to the US government in defense, intelligence, and civil markets, and to major corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Booz Allen is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, employs more than 22,000 people, and had revenue of $5.48 billion for the 12 months ended March 31, 2014. In 2014, Booz Allen celebrated its 100th anniversary year. To learn more, visit www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH)

About Carol Woods

Situated on 120 wooded acres in Chapel Hill, Carol Woods is an accredited not-for-profit continuing care retirement community. It is an inclusive community that promotes an active lifestyle supported by the area’s educational, cultural and medical resources. A commitment to well-being and preventative care enables the 485 residents to pursue activities that support a sense of individual fulfillment and purpose.

Carol Woods was founded in 1979 by a group of local residents wanting to retire to Chapel Hill. It is governed by a local, all-volunteer board of directors entrusted with ultimate fiduciary responsibility. For further information, visit http://www.carolwoods.org/.

About Duke MMCi

Duke University’s Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi) program prepares graduates to work at the intersection of business, technology and health care. The multi-discipline curriculum integrates business and clinical informatics principles equipping students to address the challenges of cost and quality in health care. The program is designed for working professionals with classes that meet every other weekend. Join the discussion with clinicians, technologist, researchers, business, and policy professionals in this dynamic program. Applications being accepted for August start. For more information, visit: http://dukemmci.org/

About Himformatics

Himformatics harnesses IT and business expertise to help clients deliver healthcare in a way that makes a difference. From strategy to implementation, our select team of consultants specializes in getting the most value from IT to improve clinical processes and financial performance, and ensure regulatory compliance. Our expertise spans a range of comprehensive and specialized services for healthcare organizations big and small. We draw on our decades of experience to earn a place as a trusted adviser to your business, and we thrive on delivering exceptional service and results. For further information, visit http://himformatics.com/.

About NCHICA

The North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA) is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to assisting NCHICA members in accelerating the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system through the effective use of information technology, informatics and analytics. Members include leading organizations in healthcare, research and information technology. For more information, visit www.nchica.org.

About Quintiles

Quintiles (NYSE: Q), a Fortune 500 company, is the world’s largest provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services. With a network of more than 32,000 employees conducting business in approximately 100 countries, we helped develop or commercialize all of 2013’s top-100 best-selling drugs on the market. Quintiles applies the breadth and depth of our service offerings along with extensive therapeutic, scientific and analytics expertise to help our customers navigate an increasingly complex healthcare environment as they seek to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of better healthcare outcomes. To learn more about Quintiles, please visit www.quintiles.com.

About Validic

Validic is the healthcare industry's leading cloud-based, digital health platform for convenient and quick access to patient data from in-home clinical devices, wearables and patient healthcare applications. By connecting its growing base of customers — that includes providers, pharmaceutical companies, payers, wellness companies and health IT vendors — to the continuously expanding list of digital health technologies, Validic enables healthcare companies to better coordinate care across their communities, improve their patient engagement strategies and more efficiently manage their patient populations. Validic's innovative, scalable and FDA Class I MDDS technology delivers actionable, standardized and HIPAA-compliant consumer health data from the best in-class mobile health devices and applications. Validic was recently recognized by Gartner and received Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices and Best Value in Healthcare Information Interoperability award. Validic's leading global mobile health ecosystem reaches over 100 million lives and continues to grow daily. To learn more about Validic, follow Validic on Twitter at @validic or visit www.validic.com.

About RENCI

RENCI (Renaissance Computing Institute) develops and deploys advanced technologies to enable research discoveries and practical innovations. RENCI partners with researchers, government, and industry to engage and solve the problems that affect North Carolina, our nation, and the world. An institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, RENCI was launched in 2004 as a collaboration involving UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University, and North Carolina State University. For further information, visit http://renci.org/.