Ignite Rural Medicine March 20th - University of Montana
The nation’s first Ignite event dedicated to rural medicine is scheduled for March 20, 2015 at the University of Montana. Rural Medicine Ignite will be part of the country’s first Rural Medicine Hackathon, a 72-hour weekend event designed to spark innovation and develop solutions to some of rural medicine’s biggest challenges.
Ignite is a fast-paced geek event started by Brady Forrest, Technology Evangelist for O'Reilly Media, and Bre Pettis of Makerbot.com, formerly of MAKE Magazine. Speakers are given 20 slides, each shown for 15 seconds, giving each speaker 5 minutes of fame. The first Ignite took place in Seattle in 2006, and since then the event has become an international phenomenon, with gatherings in Helsinki, Finland; Paris, France; New York, New York; and many other locations. The tagline for Ignite is, “Enlighten us but make it quick.” Although it’s the first one focused on rural medicine, this will be the sixth Ignite event in Missoula.
The Rural Medicine Ignite and Hacking Rural Medicine events bring together clinicians and administrators with a diverse group of entrepreneurs, engineers, students, medical residents, programmers, students, and designers. Participants will collaborate openly as they work to solve challenges facing the healthcare system.
The weekend kicks off on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 7:00 PM with two keynote speakers:
Terry Hill, Executive Director of Rural Health Innovations, and Senior Advisor to the National Rural Health Resource Center, and
Sarah Calhoun, rural community leader and entrepreneur, and founder of Red Ants Pants.
The Ignite portion of the weekend will include short, high-energy, presentations on topics in healthcare, technology, business, and innovation, including:
Post-Acute Transitional Care: Understanding the Quality and Financial Impact to Critical Access Hospitals by Mark Lindsay MD MMM, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Medical Director for Allevant
From Waste to Opportunity by Cindy Jimmerson, founder of Lean Healthcare West
Stage 1: Engaged Employees by Terre Short, MBA, Account Leader and Regional Director for Studer Group
Economics of Participation in Shared Savings Programs for Safety Net Providers by Lynn Barr, MPH, Chief Transformation Officer, National Rural ACO
How Bandwidth Changes Medicine - Eric Fulton, Co-founder of Treasure State Internet
Using Data to Predict Who Will Benefit from Healthcare Interventions, Alex Johnson, iVantage Health Analytics
Community Care Coordination: Unleashing your 12th Man - Tawnie Sabin, JD, Frontier Medicine Better Health Partnership
Web Mapping Community Health – Ken Wall, founder and president of Geodata Services, Inc.
A complete agenda is available on the Web at www.HackingRuralMedicine.org
