Hospitalk, Demo at Health Hackathon 2015

Hospital hangouts to improve pa2ent experiences

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Hospital hangouts to improve pa2ent experiences h"p://hospitalk.parseapp.com

Social isola2on decreases pa2ent quality of care

-‐  35,000,000 hospitaliza2ons per year (US)

-‐  Pa2ents passive 87% of the 2me -‐  Monotonous environments induce stress

-‐  Physiological stress nega2vely affects pa2ent-‐reported sa2sfac2on and treatment outcome

Passive 5me 87%

Ac5ve 5me 13%


Social isola2on decreases pa2ent quality of care

-‐  35,000,000 hospitaliza2ons per year (US)

-‐  Pa2ents passive 87% of the 2me -‐  Monotonous environments induce stress

-‐  Boredom nega2vely affects pa2ent-‐reported sa2sfac2on and treatment outcome

How do we get pa5ents engaged?

-‐  Anonymous social pos2ng -‐  Mul2ple input methods for accessibility

-‐  Pa2ent-‐pa2ent interac2ons -‐  Relief of pa2ent anxiety, increased sa2sfac2on

-‐  Community for support as pa2ents undergo treatment

-‐  PlaNorm of organizing meetups


Future Applica2ons •  Iden2fying pa2ents’ concerns •  Anonymous feedback systems on hospital staff •  Hospital ranking system based on pa2ents’ experiences

•  Expanding pa2ent-‐pa2ent interac2ons –  Game plaNorm –  Hospital naviga2on


•  Our team –  Avani Bhograj [Harvard, Masters of public health] –  Coco Hu [Harvard, MBA, Masters of public health] –  Jin Ju [Weill Cornell, Ph.D computa2onal biology] –  Alec Stranahan [Weill Cornell, Ph.D oncology] –  Mona Khalaj [Weill Cornell, Ph.D oncology] –  Laura Isby [Cornell, biomedical engineering] –  Chen Shen [Cornell, biomedical engineering] –  Jensen Kuo [Cornell, computer science] –  Chetan Gupta [Cornell, computer science] –  James Fator [RIT, computer science]

•  Acknowledgements –  Dr. Michael Kamarck for insighNul input with product development –  All other mentors of the 2015 hackathon

Hospitalk, Demo at Health Hackathon 2015

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