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Support sharing knowledge
Hackday attendees innovating
The weekend focused on
Technical support was provided
identifying real-world
by COGNISS, a no-code
healthcare challenges and
app-building platform that
developing creative solutions
enabled participants to rapidly
through collaboration.
prototype health applications
Participants were encouraged
without programming
to think beyond conventional
expertise. By reducing barriers
constraints, drawing on
such as cost, time and technical
their own experiences
complexity, the platform helped
to identify unmet needs
teams quickly create functional
and opportunities for
app concepts.
improvement.
At the end of the weekend, a
As Miss Pei-Fen Lin, consultant
panel of judges with expertise
ophthalmic surgeon and
in health technology reviewed
clinical director of digital
the projects, recognising the
innovation at Moorfields Eye
most promising ideas and
Hospital, who organised the
exploring their potential for
event, said:
further development.
We want this weekend
The Hackday highlighted the
to be fun and innovative,
value of cross-disciplinary
and we don’t want to limit
collaboration, bringing together
people’s imaginations. In the
diverse perspectives to tackle
brief, we said: ‘If money and
healthcare challenges. Projects
regulation were no concern,
focused on accessibility,
what would you do to solve
children’s eye health, patient
your problem?’ I think that
experience, communication,
liberates people’s creativity
myopia awareness, missed
– and then we hone in on the
appointments and access
solutions.
to care.
Miss Pei-Fen Lin
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