Future of Care: Building Communities around Medical Technologies
NEW YORK, United States
Year Founded:
Project Stage:
2015
Organization type:
nonprofit/ngo/citizen sector
Growth
Budget:
$10,000 - $50,000
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Scaling strategies launched within the past 6 months:
Trainings, Consultation
Example: Walk us through a specific example(s) of how this solution makes a difference; include its primary activities.
Our 2016 event, held at the New York Academy of Medicine, was a resounding success, bringing together 200+ people from a variety of backgrounds. Our morning seminar series included leaders in healthcare from Google and Flatiron Health. Around 100 people attended skill-building workshops, learning skills such Health-related 3D printing, coding in the HL7 FHIR EMR standard, and design for Global Health settings.
Impact: What is the impact of the work to date? Also describe the projected future impact for the coming years.
We have student chapters at academic centers across NYC, including Weill Cornell and Rockefeller University. We anticipate expansion to Cornell Tech, Columbia, NYU Langone, New York Medical College, and Mount Sinai over the next year.
Spread Strategies: Moving forward, what are the main strategies for scaling impact?
In future years, with the continued growth of the NYC med tech community, we hope to scale the size and duration of our events. In order to maintain free admission to all, we are working with corporate and governmental partners.
Funding: How is your project financially supported?:
individual donations or gifts - 10%
foundation or NGO grants - 80%
corporate contributions - 10%
Marketplace: Who else is addressing the problem outlined here? How does the proposed project differ from these approaches?
Other groups addressing medical technologies include Health 2.0 NYC, which charges fees for large events centered around networking, and Hacking Health NYC which organizes regular small networking events throughout the city. No other groups currently offer free educational programming comparable to Future of Care.
Team
NYC Board:
Nathan J. Liu, David A. Westfall, Roger Ying, Margaret M. Fabiszak, Kevin M. Boehm, Manik D. Uppal, Sejal Shah, Timothy R. Donahoe