Welcome, community members!
This challenge ending December 8th, 2022, will be the first of many opportunities to solve a real-world challenge for underserved communities. We invite you to use your innovative spirit and Microsoft Azure skills to make a real-world impact, expand your portfolio, and contribute to Open Source.
Here is your challenge.
Underserved communities in the United States continue to suffer from insufficient access to healthcare. Complex and persistent challenges demand new and innovative solutions - how can you leverage Azure Bot Service + other Azure services to build an application which addresses healthcare inequities for underserved communities?
Run with one of the following three themes: (1) Empower providers, (2) Streamline access, (3) Engage patients
Visit https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/ to learn more about healthcare inequities in the US.
Tackle this challenge and build an open-source project using Azure Bot Service and other Azure services to improve healthcare outcomes for underserved communities. If you’re just starting with Azure or Azure Bot Service, check out the Resources tab for learning content that can give you the jumpstart you need to tackle this challenge.
We can’t wait to see your creativity come to life. Collaborate. Create. Innovate. Please read the Microsoft Code of Conduct.
Requirements
What to Build
Build an open-source application prototype which leverages Azure Bot Service alongside other Azure services to improve healthcare outcomes for underserved communities.
What to Submit
- Provide a URL to your working prototype.
- Provide a URL to your GitHub code repository. Repository must be public and have an open source license from one of the following:
- MIT - https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
- Apache 2.0 - https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0
- 3-Clause BSD - https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
- Include a video (3-5 minutes) that demonstrates your project in action (hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video and made public). Video must include an explanation of how your project might improve Healthcare outcomes for underserved communities.
- Provide an Azure Reference Architecture outlining a high-level overview of the tools and devices used within the application.
- We recognize that technology alone cannot solve all the challenges of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion but our hope is that you’ll develop solutions that can help advance these efforts. Once you decide where you want to focus, Microsoft Azure is here to enable you to invent with purpose. From databases, to IoT, to responsible AI and everything in between, we will help you develop new skills and continue your personal cloud development journey.
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Prizes
$10,000 in prizes
First Place
• $5000 USD
• Featured on the official Azure Developer Community blog
• Shout out on FB @MSFTDev.US and Twitter @MSTCommunity
• Free Azure Certification Exam Voucher
• Mentorship session with a Microsoft Innovation Challenge Judge
Second Place
• $2500 USD
• Featured on the official Azure Developer Community blog
• Shout out on FB @MSFTDev.US and Twitter @MSTCommunity
• Free Azure Certification Exam Voucher
• Mentorship session with a Microsoft Innovation Challenge Judge
Third Place
• $1000 USD
• Featured on the official Azure Developer Community blog
• Shout out on FB @MSFTDev.US and Twitter @MSTCommunity
• Free Azure Certification Exam Voucher
• Mentorship session with a Microsoft Innovation Challenge Judge
Honorable Mentions
(3)
• $500 USD
• Featured on the official Azure Developer Community blog
• Free Azure Certification Exam Voucher
Completion of Learning Path Prize
(200)
Free Azure Certification Exam Voucher
* Limit to first 200 eligible participants who complete the learning path
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Drew Cornutt
Sr. Cloud Solutions Architect – Engineer
Sameer Doshi
Emerging Opportunities Director - Engineer
David Lipien
Director of Digital Apps & Innovation, Azure Customer Success Healthcare & Life Sciences - Engineer
Judging Criteria
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30% | Potential Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion impact
Includes the extent to which the solution may help create change or empower communities. -
30% | Quality of the Idea
Includes creativity and originality of the idea. -
40% | Azure Implementation
Includes how well Azure services were leveraged by the developer.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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