CareTech Catalyst Hackathon: Build for Better Health

CareTech Catalyst is a one-day collaborative hackathon focused on building practical health-tech solutions that improve care, access, and patient experience. This event brings together people from diverse backgrounds—developers, designers, clinicians, researchers, founders, and students—to rapidly ideate, build, and demo meaningful healthcare prototypes in a single day. Over the course of 8 hours, teams will work hands-on to turn real healthcare challenges into tangible solutions. The emphasis is on collaboration, learning, and experimentation—not polished products or perfect business plans. CareTech Catalyst is designed to be fast-paced, welcoming, and impact-driven, encouraging participants to explore how technology can make healthcare more accessible, efficient, and humane. The goal is not perfection, but turning good ideas into working prototypes within a single day. Participants are encouraged to work on ideas that: Improve patient experience or health outcomes Support clinicians, caregivers, or healthcare systems Enable prevention, early detection, or smarter decision-making Make healthcare more accessible, efficient, or humane Teams are free to choose their own problem space within medical and health technology. Example areas include: Patient triage and decision support Care coordination and workflow tools Health education and engagement Preventive care and wellness Accessibility and inclusion in healthcare We welcome people from all backgrounds, including: Engineers & Developers Designers Healthcare Professionals Researchers & Data Scientists Founders, Students, and Health-tech Enthusiasts Anyone passionate about improving healthcare, regardless of technical experience. Language Mainly English (Friendly Japanese)