Team Männlich, which offered a digital platform for monitoring, supporting, and improving men's health after a heart attack, was chosen as the winner of the seventh hackathon. According to team members, Estonian middle-aged men tend to disappear from the doctors' view after their first heart attack and treatment. "We offer them the best way to for many more healthy years," said Männlich’s member Maaris Lõkk.

She added that there are support groups for men who have suffered a heart attack in the world, where they are helped and supported. There is an e-clinic for men in Estonia, but according to Lõkk, it does not offer support during the entire treatment period. "On our platform, you can get expert support as well as doctor's consultations. In addition, you can challenge yourself with other men who have been in a similar situation, collect points and win prizes," she explained.

Kadi Lubi, the program manager of the Digital Health curriculum, said that this year's hackathon focused on problem validation and science-basedness, i.e. choosing a suitable theory for creating solutions. "When creating innovative e-health solutions, it is important to scientifically justify why this problem exists and why it needs to be solved," Lubi said. She commented that it is important to give students the experience of creating innovation in the format of brainstorming, because it is important to try, take risks and dare to make mistakes within the framework of studies.

Members of the Männlich team were awarded with fast-track access to the Tehnopol Startup Incubator panel and the opportunity to take part in one of the largest startup and technology events, Latitude59.

Students continue to develop more in-depth ideas in the spring semester of the Digital Health curriculum. Then the focus is even more detailed on the validation of the solution, including the creation of a study plan to prove the performance of the solution, teamwork and the creation of IT architecture and business model. For the first time, within the framework of the semester project, the teams also work closely with the students at the partner university EM Lyon Business School Health Management and Data Intelligence, who give feedback on the solutions during the spring semester and share their own ideas and advice for possible further developments.

19 students of the Digital Health master's program participated at the hackathon. Several experts in the field contributed to the event, who offered the participants mentorship and support for the development of their solutions over the course of two days. The jury included — Peeter Ross (TalTech), Priit Kruus (Dermtest, TalTech), Kadri Tammai (Tehnopol Startup Incubator), Oliver Dalberg (Viveo Health), Teele Orgse (TalTech) and Kristjan Pilt (TalTech).