As of Thursday morning, we are now up to 351 registered innovators from 40 countries! That’s amazing and we thank you all for joining us in this journey to improve patient safety.
With so many registered competitors, there’s been a lot of interest in understanding if and how innovators can team up for the Final Innovation Round. Many of you have even asked if we can publish the Concept Blitz Round submissions in an effort to foster such collaboration.
Can innovators team up to submit an entry for the final round? Absolutely! More on that in a minute, but let’s first tackle the question about Concept Blitz Round submissions. In order to respect the privacy and intellectual property of all innovators, we will not be publishing the Concept Blitz Round submissions. We do, however, strongly encourage collaboration on your Final Innovation Round entries, as the winning idea will be one that is well-rounded and addresses all areas of concern, as outlined in the challenge guidelines.
The best way to seek out potential collaborators is through the challenge forum. Simply post a message in the forum expressing your desire to team up with others, and those looking to do the same will see the message and can respond either in the forum, using the "Reply" button on the forum message, or privately via a direct message. This allows you to control how much information you share about your solution, while still inviting others to join your team.
To post a message in the forum, simply follow these steps:
1. Go to https://herox.com/PatientIDChallenge/forum
2. Click the "New topic" button
3. Enter a title for your message, such as "Seeking collaborators"
4. Enter the text of your message, explaining who you would like to team up with and what you have to offer a potential collaborator
5. Click the "Create" button to post your message
Be as specific as possible with your message and provide as much detail as you are comfortable with in order to show other innovators what your solution could offer them in a collaboration. You may also want to specify how you would like others to respond to you: publicly in the forum versus a private message.
Here is an example of what such a forum topic could look like:
Title: Seeking collaborator with biometrics expertise
Message: I am looking for someone with biometrics expertise to collaborate on my Final Innovation Round entry. I am a database architect with a solid solution for how to gather and store patient identification information, but I need help integrating a biometrics input. Please click my name to read my full bio on my profile page. If you are interested in exploring a collaboration, please click the "Send message" button on my profile page to send me a private message. Thank you!
