HealthHack is a hackathon that brings together researchers, healthcare professionals, students, software developers, educators, engineers and designers to create innovative solutions to interesting problems in the health sector. The HealthHack 2016 Brisbane event was held at River City Labs. It ran from Friday night to Sunday afternoon (14-16 Oct 2016). I joined up with a problem owner, Dr Kenan Kalayci and two other participants, Randall and Gareth, to do a project for the problem Kenan had brought to HealthHack. The problem Kenan pitched on the opening night of HealthHack was; overcharging and over treatment in the dental market. He spoke about the possibility of separating diagnosis and treatment services to encourage competition as a potential solution. The solution we presented at the end of the weekend was to create price transparency in the market for dental procedures by allowing people to openly and anonymously share the prices they've been charged via their dentist receipts. This is a similar idea to a website for salary comparisons which is called glassdoor, which is a website where people can share their salary, position, and employer anonymously. It, along with services like it, have led to a lot more transparency in the job market as goes salaries.

1. Overcharging in the
market for dental
procedures
Team: Golden Dentists

2. Problem:
Lack of price transparency
Affordability affects engagement

4. Dentists are unwilling to publish
prices
User reviews don’t work

5. The solution:
Open sharing of dental
procedure costs using verified
receipts.

7. Use case:
I have been to the dentist. Have I
been overcharged?

8. Open pricing leads to a healthy
market.
Dutch case: more quality
competition

9. Future:
Seeking grants/collaborations
Application to other markets:
Medical services, mechanics,
lawyers.

11. If you need a crown get gold.
Golden dentists