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Facebook-Like Approach to Helping Critically Ill Babies Wins Healthcare IT Challenge

College Park, Md. - An online platform to improve outcomes for sick babies by better engaging parents in their care drew first place in the Innovate 4 Healthcare Challenge, a collegiate competition based on radically improving healthcare through new processes that are enabled by innovative information technology applications and supported by a sustainable market strategy.

"NeoStream," developed by graduate students in the Biomedical Informatics Department in the Stanford University School of Medicine, captured top-prize at the recent Innovate 4 Healthcare IT Challenge hosted by Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS) at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. :: READ MORE & VIEW PHOTOS ::

Get your team together for the Innovate 4 Healthcare Challenge!

Design a plan to strengthen patient engagement with healthcare providers using information technology.

Apply innovation, strategic thinking and technical inventiveness to win!

  • $30,000 in prizes
  • Improve health outcomes
  • Network with top healthcare industry leaders from around the country
  • Final presentation this spring in Washington, DC

Created by the Robert H. Smith School’s Center for Health Information and Decision Systems(CHIDS) in partnership with our sponsors, the “Innovate 4 Healthcare Challenge” will culminate in a final round of presentations at the Smith School’s campus in Washington D.C. in April, 2012.

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