Hacking Health Hamilton Cafe #4: Voices of Health
When: Thursday September 24th 2015 from 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Where: CoMotion on King @ 115 King St East, Hamilton, Ontario
Register: meetup.com/Hacking-Health-Hamilton/events/223803559
Details:
We are very excited to expand hamilton’s healthcare ecosystem with “Voices of Health” on Thursday Sept 24. We start at 6:30pm.
“Voices of Health” features:
John Neary is the Chief Medical Information Officer and practices general internal medicine at St. Joseph’s Healthcare. He also works as a consultant in internal medicine for the Shelter Health Network in downtown Hamilton. John Neary lives in Beasley Neighbourhood and is actively interested in the urban environment and community building.
John will share his experiences and insights with software systems in healthcare, and the possibilities for innovation.
Syd Fletcher is President, and co-founder of MultiVoice (2014) Inc. A school principal for many years he has been involved with computers since they first came into general use back in the late 1980’s. Using Hypercard on the Mac he developed communication programs for non-speaking but cognitive users (e.g. with ALS) that garnered four national awards such as the Marshal McLuhan medal for innovative technology. MultiVoice applications are geared toward non-English speaking patients who find themselves in an emergency situation. Using MultiVoice apps nurses are able to use 50 different questions or requests of their patients in 20 different languages. This new concept is referred to as ‘specific situation translation’.
CoMotion on King:
CoMotion on King is new coworking initiative and Hamilton’s largest coworking space in the heart of downtown Hamilton at 115 King Street E. Moving towards better ways of working CoMotion on Kin has a 10,000 square foot coworking space with 39 glass window offices, 26 dedicated and shared desks, 3 meeting rooms, mailbox services, a kitchen space, lounge areas, large event space, rooftop patio, and a multitude of other little nooks, crannies, and decor features meant to inspire collaboration, productivity, and creativity.
Other important stuff:
Hack4Health Hackathon in Waterloo: Want to do a hackathon and don’t want to wait for our first Hacking Health Weekend in February 2016? Then go to Kitchener Waterloo for Hack4Health, on the weekend of Sept 26-27. Brought to you by the University of Waterloo, it’s all about creating apps to help people people living with MS or Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Hacking Health Waterloo: There’s something in the water in KW — the first Hacking Health Waterloo is Thu Oct 22. Check it out on their meetup page.
Our schedule: And finally, if you can’t make this #HHHamOnt meetup, our upcoming schedule is:
• November 19 – Meetup
• January 21 – Meetup
• February 2016 – HACKATHON!
A big thanks to our sponsors Hamilton Economic Development, MedStack, and CoMotion on King.
See you all Thursday!
Simon & Team
