Project that creates a digital vaccination card is the big winner of the Hackathon at the 1st Innovation Festival

 

Eighty-one students and technology, health and education professionals, as well as others interested in finding solutions to real educational and health problems, took part last weekend (January 21 and 22) in the hackathon organized by Moinho in partnership with Juiz de Fora City Hall. There were more than 24 hours of hands-on work, collaboration and discussions which resulted in the creation of nine creative proposals considered to be of a high standard of quality and applicability in the assessment of the creators.

Together, as a team, developers Fernando Segregio, Winicius Souza, Rafael Reis de Oliveira, Franciane Aprígio, Thiago Puntar and Anthony Tavares won the marathon with Mais Saúde. A project focused on immunization that is nothing more than a digital vaccination card, where all the vaccines that the user has already received and those that are yet to be taken are recorded. The app notifies users via Short Message Service (SMS), email and WhatsApp when they need to go to the health center.

"We're focusing on the return of diseases that have already been eradicated, because people aren't getting vaccinated properly. We did a survey and concluded that 98% of them had received the vaccine against Covid, but 72% of this public didn't know which other vaccines they needed to take, as well as having no idea where their vaccination card was," explains Fernando Segregio.

As a prize, the team will be invited to join the Moinho Innovation Hub community for six months, including access to coworking, events and lots of networking. "The aim is for the project to be validated in practice, after all, we want to turn Juiz de Fora into a laboratory for systematically testing and validating solutions that have a positive impact on society!" explains the manager of the Innovation Hub, Arthur Avelar.

The teams' work impressed the organizers

Tiago Gouvêa, a representative of the Google Developers Group in Juiz de Fora, has already been in charge of organizing five other similar initiatives. "This hackathon was very good, because the teams worked hard to solve real problems in the areas of Education and Health identified during the 1st Social Innovation Festival. The solutions presented left us very impressed. We believe that businesses will emerge from this event," Tiago said.

Developer Isabella Santos, who has participated in the organization of other hackathons, but acted as a mentor for the first time, also highlights the quality of the projects developed by the participants. "I thought it was great to hold an event of this size in Juiz de Fora, since it's not very common to have events like this in the technology area here. All the hackathons I've taken part in have been in Rio or São Paulo. Having this opportunity in my city fills me with joy and pride, not to mention that the projects developed were very good. The people worked hard to solve the problems, coming up with innovative solutions," he praises.

And it was no wonder. There was a lot of excitement among those taking part in the event, which included discussions with entrepreneurs, interaction with mentors, yoga and even board games. All to stimulate creativity and protagonism. For business student Ana Carolina Félix, the experience went beyond her expectations.

"The organization was incredible. The mentors are very good professionally, they know how to instruct. I learned a lot from them and also from the programmers. I don't understand a line of programming, but I was able to pick up a bit of the idea. It was a lot of learning in a matter of minutes," he said at the end of the marathon.

For entrepreneur Lucas Fonseca, networking at events like hackathons is essential. "It was an opportunity to connect with other people, meet potential and future partners, as well as develop our programming skills."

 

 

See the projects developed

The Moinho Hackathon participants were divided into 16 teams, with the aim of developing cross-cutting and multidisciplinary solutions. After more than 24 hours of uninterrupted work, the result was the presentation of 9 proposals, four in the area of Education and five in Health, including the winner Mais Saúde. Check out the other eight solutions below.

EDUCATION

- Enrolment operations: a project designed to facilitate the school enrolment process. The person responsible for the student registers all the data that goes straight to the school. In addition to the student's personal information, the application also serves as a basis for teachers to enter grades, so that parents can also monitor them.

- P.I.D: Diversity and Inclusion Portal: developed to facilitate communication and foster connections between people with disabilities, education professionals and entrepreneurs. The aim is to provide teaching and support material for people with disabilities based on their educational and routine needs.

- A.V.E (Virtual School Assistant): A project aimed at teachers' mental health. The platform helps with setting tests, for example. Simply enter the desired topic and Artificial Intelligence takes care of structuring the test, helping to reduce the workload.

- Class Play: aimed at minimizing school dropout and the misuse of technology by students. The app offers learning paths focused on the curriculum. At the end of each trail, there is a link to content. As students progress through the trail, they accumulate coins and convert them into physical prizes.

HEALTH

- Inovamed: a project to share patient registration data between the public and private healthcare systems. Through it, anywhere in Brazil, a doctor (with a valid CRM) will have access to the patient's information, considering that this is sensitive data that needs to be in a very secure and reliable environment.

- PRONCOVO (where am I going): a remote triage system in which the user reports symptoms and is directed to care according to the information received. Less serious cases are taken to Basic Health Units, for example, and more serious ones to hospital units. The aim is to avoid unnecessary queues and speed up care.

- Hub: a project focused on students' mental health that connects them to teachers and psychologists. Students feed their symptoms and feelings into the platform, and can ask questions at school. The data is monitored by the teachers and psychologists responsible for the interventions. Through the app, it will be possible to map the mental health of the group, the school, the region and also individually.

- Meduca: a 100% functional platform aimed at training and allocating healthcare professionals, whether they are in direct patient care, such as doctors and nurses, or in the administrative sector.