Hacking Rural Medicine & Ignite Rural Medicine Event Overview Held March 20-22, 2015, at the University of Montana, Missoula, MT

The nation’s first
Rural Medicine Hackathon
and
Ignite Rural Medicine
was held in Missoula,
MT, March 20-22, 2015 on the University of Montana
campus.

The event was led by the
Frontier Medicine Better Health Partnership (FMBHP)
, the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT)’s Hacking Medicine program, and Blackstone Launchpad at UM.
The term hackathon is a portmanteau of the words "hack" and "marathon," and essentially
means a marathon session of problem solving.

The hackathon meeting format originated in the
technology industry, with companies such as Google
and Facebook. These tech companies use hackathons to help solve some of their most difficult problems.

By: Monica Bourgeau, MS, COO, FMBHP & Event Chair

Full Report: http://www.matr.net/files/HackathonEventOverview-1.pdf