Just What the Doctor Ordered: 2024 OpenText Hackathon to Focus on Sustainability in Healthcare

Core Insights - OpenText's 2023 Hackathon, themed "Hacknosis: Optimizing Patient Experiences," resulted in five winners, including AllegroGraph, which developed PatientGraph, an AI-driven clinical insight solution aimed at simplifying data presentation for healthcare providers [1] - PatientGraph utilizes OpenText's Aviator Thrust API to enhance patient outcomes by reducing complexity for doctors and administrators, and it is now available on the OpenText Marketplace [1] Hackathon Details - The 2024 Hackathon, titled "Hacknosis: Sustainable MedTech," will take place from July 15 to August 15, focusing on developing solutions that address challenges in MedTech sustainability, social sustainable design, and carbon accounting [8] - The Hackathon will award cash prizes in three categories: MedTech sustainability, social sustainability, and technology, encouraging innovative solutions to real-world challenges [6] Industry Context - According to the OpenText IT Sustainability Report, 97% of organizations have adopted or plan to adopt sustainability initiatives, but only 50% are using software to track their IT carbon footprint, highlighting a significant gap in tools and expertise [12] - The Hackathon aims to address this gap by requiring participants to develop technologies that enhance existing OpenText solutions or lead to sustainability initiatives for organizations using OpenText products [12] Company Overview - OpenText is recognized as the leading Information Management software and services company globally, providing a comprehensive suite of Business Clouds, Business AI, and Business Technology to solve complex global problems [7]