TRANSFUSION-Hackathon 2023

This is an Invitation to the TRANSFUSION-Hackathon 2023 about Rare Diseases

It’s that time again!

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Register for the TRANSFUSION Hackathon 2023.

This year we are looking for you and your skills on the topic

 Rare diseases

To make it even more visible to the public and to master the associated challenges.

The diagnosis of rare diseases is often a challenge that poses great difficulties for patients and physicians alike. Due to their rarity, these diseases are often poorly known and difficult to diagnose. As a result, patients often have to go through a long and arduous odyssey of doctor visits, examinations and tests before a correct diagnosis is made. For example, a 2017 study published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases found that it took an average of 4.8 years for patients with rare diseases to be correctly diagnosed. This delay has a significant impact on the patient’s quality of life and can even be life-threatening in some patients. In addition, delayed diagnoses also have economic and social consequences such as additional visits to the doctor, more frequent absences from work and often psychological problems that arise as a result of the stress as such.

Therefore, the development of innovative solutions to shorten the time to diagnosis and to enable patients to receive more targeted and faster treatment is of great importance not only for those affected, but also for those around them. Now you are asked:

Join us and help us tackle the following two challenges together :

1) As a patient, how can I get a faster diagnosis?

2) As a doctor, how can I ensure that I also consider rare diseases when making a diagnosis?