MEDJACK: the extraordinary journey of an ordinary hack

by Asad Mian, Walid Farooqi, Sarosh Madhani

Based on our experience of founding a healthcare innovation/incubation hub, Medjack is about clever ways of hacking healthcare and biomedical problems to create sustainable solutions. We bring you the distillation of over a decade of multi-disciplinary experience at the Aga Khan University, a premier academic healthcare institution with global recognition. Although dedicated primarily to students interested in low cost healthcare-related innovation and entrepreneurship, delving further will reveal the general principles for solving systemic problems around innovation that exist in every organisation. You can learn to change mindsets from academic to entrepreneurial reliance, from systemic to individual efforts (or vice versa) and from grant funding to seed funding by involving investors. Incidentally, you can also learn how to build and maintain a healthcare-centric innovation/incubation hub using Jugaar (low cost and frugal) means. Medjack is different from other books in this space - it tries to get across a certain innovation ethos through multiple, simple case studies. If you're passionate about embedding innovative, creative and entrepreneurial thinking into your healthcare (or other) organisation's DNA, at very low (or no) cost, then this book is for you!

181 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 15, 2021

About the author

Although I am a pediatrician, ER physician and researcher by profession, my proclivity to writing is my way of creative exploration and expression. My first foray into writing was for kids and it happened a few years ago when I created the Biloongra series of bilingual books for children. My essays on health, education, literacy, culture, art and science of rambling, and so on, have appeared in newspapers in Houston and Karachi and on my blog (biloongra.com). I shuttle between Karachi and Houston, cities that I love and itinerantly observe from when I feel the urge. An Itinerant Observer is my first book for older children, young adults and adults; it is a compilation of stories about my fellow travelers.

Reviews

[Pashmeen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr Mian and the team has done a brilliant job in laying bare the struggles and success of setting up a innovation hub in AKU that serves as a pioneer for combining tech and healthcare.

The narration, figures, and the tables - all are placed coherently to paint a holistic picture. Furthermore, every chapter is complemented with the interactive webinars.

As an aspiring healthpreneur, detailed discussion on intricacies of the incubation program, helped me appreciate their role in bringing forth innovation, creativity and impact.

Recommended read for healthcare professionals, medical futurists, entrepreneurs, and innovators.