The StagHack competition, held in February, featured eight teams competing to develop innovative software solutions for a complex telehealth scheduling challenge.
Sponsored by Nick Mercadante ’04, CEO of the telehealth addiction services provider PursueCare and a School of Engineering and Computing Advisory Board member, the day-long StagHack hackathon provided engineering students the opportunity to collaborate, innovate, and apply their skills to a real-world issue.
During the competition, teams worked closely with mentors to tackle a pressing challenge facing the biomedical and healthcare sectors: scheduling. This is particularly important in healthcare, where it is often difficult to ensure that patients, especially those struggling with mental health and substance abuse issues, continue their treatment.
“The earlier we can get a new patient to their first appointment, the higher their chance of staying with treatment,” said Mirco Speretta, PhD, associate dean and director of the MS in Cybersecurity program.
