Novartis Mobile Health Challenge

About the Event

Want To Put Your Coding Brilliance To Good Use? Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (a Fortune 500 company) is bringing together leading startups and developers to create mobile health solutions to impact the lives of caregivers and their loved ones. The Challenge Create a mobile solution that helps caregivers of loved ones affected by Heart Failure regain control over their lives and provide more effective daily care. Heart Failure Overview: Heart failure (HF) is not the literal failing of the heart, but rather its deterioration over time due to the inability to pump enough blood and oxygen to support other organs. Every 30 seconds, someone in the US is hospitalized for HF. Heart failure typically affects people at an average age of 65 and impacts their lives in widespread ways, from managing their diet and exercise in entirely new ways to sticking to a strict medicine schedule. This often uproots the lives of patients, and that burden is often equally felt by the caregiver who is suddenly in an entirely new role with lots of responsibility and little idea where to start. Caregivers are responsible for the care of a loved one who is afflicted by some form of chronic illness. Caregivers come in many forms - wives/husbands, sons/daughters as well as certain health care professionals. What You Can Win Companies and Developers • Chance to work with Novartis and continue to build your prototype into a fully functional mobile solution. • IP protection (see “IP Protection” section for details). • Opportunity to win several cash prizes totaling $40,000. Prize Structure 1st Prize: $15,000 2nd Prize: $10,000 3rd Prize: $5,000 4th Prize: $3,000 5th Prize: $2,000 Additional Prize: $5,000* *Awarded to the team that demonstrates the best ability to turn their idea into a companion tool for doctor’s use How It Works • Brands present their business challenge. • Companies and developers create solutions over an intense weekend. • On Sunday, an all-star judging panel will score the top 3 mobile solutions and the winners will be announced. Sharing: This is a social event and we are counting on attendees sharing news of this event and their registration.Feel free to share this page using hashtag "#NovartismHealth"