Founder, Veterans Health-MIT Hacking Medicine; National Lead, VHA-Uber Health Connect Initiative; Chief of Innovation; MIT Catalyst Faculty
“If we can serve just one Veteran through mental health solutions, it can mean an extra day, an extra birthday, an extra anniversary with loved ones. That impact is immeasurable,” was a remark from an opening session speaker and a Veteran at the Veterans Health – MIT Hacking Medicine 2024, which was a tremendous success! https://lnkd.in/eU9A8g_V It’s only the beginning, stay tuned for the Make-a-thon this summer, which will see another round of intense development of the transformative solutions which were created by the selected hackathon teams! Thank you to the 300+ Hackers, mentors, judges, sponsors, and staff that made the event so special. • 91%- Participants that this was their first hackathon • 99%- Participants that would attend another one • 8.7/10 average rating of the event Special thank you to everyone starting from Mayor Jane Castor, Kristopher "Kit" Teague Carolyn Clancy David I. Dan Coleman David Rhew, M.D. Bill Malooney David Dunning Greg Goin Tim Cooke VISN8 team Zen Chu MIT Hacking Medicine team Zahra K. Michael J. Hogan VA Office of Information and Technology team Hillary Pauline Peabody, MPH Don Koenig Greg Hanifee Angel Torres Josh Vesely Richard Munassi MD MBA John D. Couris University of South Florida team Eric Eisenberg Rhea Law Mark Sharpe Mike Catania VHAIE team Leanne Reisz Madison Coffey Jason Peno Martha Gray Daniel Hurtado Marc McDonald team Ryan Holt Angela Gant Curtis Kimberly McManus, PhD Sabrina Clark, PhD CDCE team Nathan Stempel team and many more that made this possible. #VeteransHealthHackathon #Innovation #Hackathon #AIHealthcare #Healthcare #VHA #ArtificialIntelligence #powerofcollaboration #Innovation #VHAIE #TampaVA #VISN08 #publicprivatecollaborations #makeathon
Mike Endale
1w
It was an incredible experience, Indra. Love the video. Looking forward to the Make-a-thon this summer. Super excited what we can deliver. Happy 4th to you and all your colleagues at the VA. cc: Veronica Herst, Alan Petrazzi, FACHE, Teresa “Angie” Smith, Jordan M. Nechvatal, Md.Mainul Hasan Sarker, PhD
““If we can serve just one Veteran through mental health solutions, it can mean an extra day, an extra birthday, an extra anniversary with loved ones. That impact is immeasurable,” Thank you. Indra Sandal, PhD, MBA, this is an incredible visual and call to action. The most inspirational paragraph I’ve read in a while.
Angel Torres
3d
You aren't just helping veterans directly with solutions to the VHA pillars but also through your inspiring example. Thank you my friend.
This is amazing. Great to see how impactful this event was.
Great to see this type of open collaboration on such an important health issue!
Chief of Staff (Chief Medical Officer)
1wBravo Indra Sandal, PhD, MBA for executing a highly complex initiative by building a huge public-private-academic collaborative….all focused on the singular goal of making a difference in the lives of Veterans by achieving outcomes that mattered the most to Veterans.