Deadline: 9-Aug-22
How might we use unconventional methods to measure the improvement of primary health care performance in low- and middle-income countries? The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Solve is accepting solutions for Novel Measurement for Performance Improvement Challenge!
MIT Solve, in collaboration with The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, seeks solutions that will offer new ways of measuring primary health care performance improvement in low- and middle-income countries.
This Challenge seeks novel and improved methods that:
- Employ unconventional or proxy data sources to inform primary health care performance improvement;
- Provide improved measurement methods that are low cost, fit-for-purpose, shareable across information systems, and streamlined for data collectors;
- Leverage existing systems, networks, and workflows to streamline the collection and interpretation of data to support meaningful use of primary health care data;
- Provide actionable, accountable, and accessible insights for health care providers, administrators, and/or funders that can be used to optimize the performance of primary health care; and
- Balance the opportunity for frontline health workers to participate in performance improvement efforts with their primary responsibility as care providers.
This Challenge seeks solutions that stand to advance the way that primary health care performance improvement happens in low- and middle-income countries. In order to ensure that selected solutions are appropriate and practical for use in these countries
The Challenge does not seek solutions that:
- Require a high level of connectivity or bandwidth;
- Have been primarily designed for use in high-income countries; and/or
- Focus only on data collection.
Prize Information
- A total of $500,000 is available for up to eight selected solutions. Of the $500,000 in funding, $100,000 is available for up to four early-stage solutions and $400,000 is available for up to four growth-stage solutions.
- Solutions should be appropriately designed for use in low- and middle-income countries.
Eligibility Criteria
- Solutions should be appropriately designed for use in low- and middle-income countries.
- Early-stage solutions include:
- Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea.
- Prototype: A solution or organization that is building and testing its product, service, or business model. If for-profit, a new company getting off the ground that has raised little or no institutional capital (less than $500,000) in pre-seed fundraising.
- Pilot: A solution or organization that is deploying a tested product, service, or business model in at least one community. If for-profit, a young company that is working to gain traction and that has raised less than $2 million in institutional capital in seed funding.
- Growth stage solutions include:
- Growth: A solution or organization with an established product, service, or business model rolled out in one or, ideally, several communities, which is poised for further growth in multiple communities or countries. If for-profit, an early-stage company that has established a track record and is seeking to raise a round of roughly $2 million to $15 million in institutional capital in a Series A or potentially B round.
- Scale: A solution or organization that is working in several communities or countries. It is looking to scale significantly, focusing on increased efficiency. If for-profit, a successful company that is scaling its operations and seeks to raise a round of more than $15 million in institutional capital.
For more information, visit https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/performance-improvement