Hacking Health Cafe on March 12th

Hacking Health is designed to improve healthcare by inviting technology creators and healthcare professionals to collaborate on realistic, human-centric solutions to front-line problems. Cafés are informal meetups to discuss and debate digital health in your city, where people and ideas mingle.

When: Thursday March 12th 2015 @ 7:00pm

Where: McMaster Innovation Park @ 175 Longwood South Hamilton, Ontario

Register: meetup.com/Hacking-Health-Hamilton/events/220571742

Giancarlo De Lio, the founder and CIO of VitalHub and an Entrepreneur, Investor and Idea generator

VitalHub was developed to solve the challenges faced by doctors and nurses who are frustrated with hospital IT systems. VitalHub gives users a single, intuitive interface to multiple clinical systems. Simple to learn and use, it fits seamlessly into clinician workflows. Patient information is available anywhere it is needed. VitalHub lets clinicians focus on the patient, not on the computer.

We will also hear from:

Debbie Schmidt, RN, MCSE, CRA, CCRC, Clinical Informatics Specialist – Nursing, S. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

Debbie Schmidt is a Registered Nurse; a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and A+ Technician, a Certified Clinical Research Coordinator, and a Clinical Research Associate. With over 20 years of healthcare and technology experience, Debbie plays a pivotal role in merging healthcare with technology in support of effective change management across the continuum of care. Debbie will talk about the upcoming trends are for technology in healthcare, what are some of the specific needs across the continuum as well some general information on industry networking and funding for healthcare start-ups…how to take an idea and make it a product.

Sina Afshani from BlueOrchid will talk about his assistive device that is light, unobtrusive and more affordable than existing lifts.