General Questions
What is a clinical trial?
How do I follow the challenge and get updates?
Who can I contact if I have questions about the Patient Engagement App Challenge?
Submission Requirements
What do I need to use to build my application? Where can I find it?
What APIs or datasets can I used in my app?
Why do I have to upload a video?
What should I put in my video?
Does my application need to be submitted to an online store?
Testing Process
How can I provide ChallengePost with access to test my application?
Eligibility & IP
Who is eligible to enter the competition?
We are an organization. Can we enter?
Do the submitted apps have to be newly created for this competition, or can they be preexisting applications?
Can more than one person work on an application and receive credit for it? And if the application wins a prize, how will the prize money be split among the creators?
Can I enter more than one application?
Do I retain intellectual property ownership?
What will you do with my submission?
Public Voting
What is a clinical trial?
A clinical study involves conducting research using human participants with the intent of adding to medical knowledge.
Following a set research plan or protocol, participants receive specific interventions that can include medical products, such as drugs or devices; procedures; or changes to participants' behavior, for example, diet.
Clinical trials may compare a new medical approach to a standard one that is already available or to a placebo that contains no active ingredients or to no intervention. They may also compare currently available interventions.
When a new product or approach is being studied, it is not usually known whether it will be helpful, harmful, or no different than available alternatives (including no intervention). The goal of the study is to try to determine the safety and efficacy of the intervention by measuring certain outcomes in the participants. For example, investigators may give a drug or treatment to participants who have high blood pressure to see whether their blood pressure decreases.
Clinical trials used in drug development are sometimes described by phase, which are defined by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Check out ClinicalTrials.gov for more general information on clinical trials.
How do I follow the challenge and get updates?
When you register for the challenge, you’ll automatically be signed up to receive updates regarding the challenge. To be notified when voting begins and the winners are announced, click the “Notify Me” link. Follow us on Twitter at @ChallengePost or join the conversation with #mHealth or #HealthIT.
Who can I contact if I have questions about the Patient Engagement App Challenge?
Email Support@ChallengePost.com
What do I need to use to build my application? Where can I find it?
Although no specific API, SDK, or data integration is required, you do need to make the case for why your app is relevant to the enhancement of patient engagement in clinical trials. To learn more about the current state of patient engagement in clinical trials, as well as opportunities and ideas for improvement, check out the Current State of Patient Engagement page. For a list of health-related APIs please review our Ideas & APIs page.
Your app may run on any of the following devices/platforms: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, web/mobile, Windows PC, or Mac Desktop. Your app does not need to run on all of the devices/platforms listed above.
What APIs or datasets can I include in my app?
You may use whatever APIs, SDKs, and datasets you choose, as long as you are authorized to use and distribute them.
Why do I have to upload a video?
The Popular Choice award is determined by public voting. A video helps ensure that all users can view and experience your application. The video will also be helpful to the panel of judges. You may create a screencast or use a handheld video camera to make your video, or choose any other method that captures the application’s value and user interface.
What should I put in my video?
Aside from your actual app, your submission video is one of the most important parts of your entry. In fact, it’s often one of the first, and sometimes only, things that judges and voters view. Make a great first impression by following these tips on what to include in your video:
- Include a step-by-step demo. Demonstrate your technology’s key functionality and features by walking through your app’s features via screencast or video footage of the app working on an appropriate device. While audio isn’t required, narration or text bubbles can help judges and voters understand and appreciate your technology.
- Keep it simple. Per the official rules, your video shouldn’t be longer than five minutes. In the words of Leonardo da Vinci, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
- Don’t wait until the last minute to upload your video. Keep in mind that the time it takes to upload/process a video on YouTube or Vimeo varies greatly depending on the format of your original video, the file size, upload traffic and Internet connection speed, and could take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours or more.
Don’t know much about making videos? Check out these helpful screencasting tools.
Does my application need to be submitted to an online store?
Your app is not required to be listed in an online store.
How can I provide ChallengePost with access to test my application?
You must provide a way for us to test your application at no cost. Please allow us to test using one of the following methods.
Android Applications: Upload an .apk file in the submission form or provide a link for us to download your app in the “Testing Instructions” field on the submission form.
iOS Applications: If your app is available on the app store please provide a link in the “Testing Instructions” field on the submission form. If you charge for your app, please also provide a promo code.
If your app is not yet publicly available, send it to us via TestFlight. Enter our email address and UDID to share a build with us for testing. Our TestFlight account email is: Testing@ChallengePost.com.
Our UDIDs are:
- iPad (iOS 6.0.1) 6a2cb1d4ba2d242db1db48c59c91744cebfc68a9
- iPod Touch 4th Gen (iOS 5.0.1)13d9c9e50d705446c07fc5d2c3c3144c69ffc576
- iPhone 5 (iOS 7.0.3) 4c4270daadcf6f2dcd38ef407c38c01c3fa849b8
Windows Phone applications: Upload an .xap file in the submission form or provide a link for us to download your app in the “Testing Instructions” field on the submission form.
Windows PC: Upload the appropriate installation files (.exe) in the submission form or provide a link for us to download your .exe file in the “Testing Instructions” field on the submission form.
BlackBerry: Upload the appropriate installation files in the submission form or provide a link for us to download your installation file in the “Testing Instructions” field on the submission form.
Mac OS: Upload the appropriate installation files in the submission form or provide a link for us to download your installation file in the “Testing Instructions” field on the submission form.
Web/Mobile Web: Provide a link for us to access your app on the “Testing Instructions” field on the submission form.
Who is eligible to enter the competition?
The challenge is open to individuals, and teams of individuals, who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry. The challenge is also open to legally registered corporations or organizations that employ fewer than 50 people at the time of entry. (See the next question for large organization eligibility.). Please review the Official Rules for complete eligibility requirements.
We are an organization. Can we enter?
Organizations with 50 or fewer employees may enter and compete for cash prizes. Organizations with more than 50 employees may enter and compete only for the Large Organization Recognition Award, which has no cash prize.
Do the submitted apps have to be newly created for this competition, or can they be preexisting applications?
Both new and existing applications are eligible for this challenge. No specific API, SDK, or data integration is required. However, if you are submitting an existing app (developed prior to this competition), it must include new features and functionality, added after November 4, 2013 in order to be eligible.
Can more than one person work on an application and receive credit for it? And if the application wins a prize, how will the prize money be split among the creators?
Yes, teams are encouraged. If a team of individuals or an organization is selected as an award winner, the full prize amount will be sent to the submitter. It will be up to the winning team or organization to reallocate the prize money between the team members, as they deem it appropriate.
Can I enter more than one application?
Yes. There is no limit to how many times an eligible person, team or organization may enter. An individual may also participate on behalf of more than one team, corporation, or nonprofit organization. However, if you submit two or more applications that are identical or substantially similar, the Sponsor and ChallengePost reserve the right to disqualify all the submissions or require you to choose one submission to enter into the competition.
Do I retain intellectual property ownership?
Yes. By submitting an application to the challenge, you do not transfer any intellectual property rights to the Sponsor or ChallengePost. the Sponsor and ChallengePost will have the right to feature all applications entered in the competition for promotional purposes. See the Official Rules for details.
What will you do with my submission?
Eli Lilly and ChallengePost will have the right to publicly display your submission on the challenge website. They will also be allowed to publicize your name on the challenge website in connection with the submission and the challenge during the competition and for 36 months after its conclusion. For more information on publicity rights, please see the Official Rules.
How does public voting work?
Visitors to the site can vote for as many submissions as they like, but no more than once for a single submission. At the end of the public voting period, the votes will be tallied and verified to determine the Popular Choice award winner. Have more questions about public voting? Check out our handy public voting help article.