AppsForHealth 2013 Judging Criteria

Student teams will:

1. Research the challenge to understand the health care issue.
2. Collaborate as a team to create a solution.
3. Review the “Evaluation and Judging” section below to ensure your solution meets the judging criteria.
4. Complete a video presentation of your solution. Maximum of 10 minutes in length. Be sure to explain how your solution addresses the challenge you have selected in the video.
5. To submit your video, upload it to Youtube and email the link to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by the midnight on the deadline of May 9th, 2013.

Please note: To participate in the student competition, you must be a registered student at a college or university for the 2012 - 2013 school year.

If you are unfamiliar with how to upload a Youtube video, please review Youtube's instructions or watch this video.

Your final presentation may include:

• Technical details
• Screen shots
• Demos
• Mock ups and prototypes
• Static presentations
• Simulators
• Websites
• 1.0 or beta apps

Evaluation Criteria

Solutions will be evaluated by a panel of experts from health care, technology and industry based on the following criteria:

• Must demonstrate a thorough understanding of the health care problem
• Must be clinically useful in the health care environment
• Must be technologically feasible
• Degree of completion
• Cohesive presentation

The Judging Process

Solutions will be judged based on the following:

• Quality of the solution - includes creativity and originality
• Quality of User Experience - includes design, visual aesthetic, and ease of use
• Potential Impact - includes the potential impact on an urgent healthcare need
• Commercial Potential - includes feasibility of distribution to target users, scalability, and potential demand

• Once all videos have been reviewed, the top 5 teams will be invited to present LIVE at the AppsForHealth event on May 16th, 2013
• All group members are encouraged to attend the event to present. (If all group members are not available, AppsForHealth must be informed ahead of the event in writing to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
• Your LIVE presentation will be 10 minutes in length
• The same judging criteria as stated above will be used for the LIVE presentations
• View the 2012 winning presentations as an example

Prizes