DCMC Judging Criteria

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1. Semi-final Judging Criteria
2. What is the problem you are seeking to improve? A strong answer will clearly describe the problem and specify who is impacted. The answer should explain why this problem exists and how it negatively affects the Dell Children’s Medical Center
3. What is your proposed innovation? Strong answers create a clear link between the problem they have identified and the solution they are offering. The associate should present a compelling and plausible concept that may be applied to hospitals across the Ascension family.
4. Why would you innovation be better than anything else that is currently used? Strong answers will describe the most significant competitive advantage or unique feature of their concept. Associate should appear to have a strong grasp on alternative solutions. Strong answers may also include insightful observations about associate or patient behavior.
5. Describe your proposed implementation plan. A strong answer will illustrate that the associate has identified key assumptions and will work to remove risks to bring their concept to DCMC. Strong answers share specific resources and/or people needed to help with the implementation plan and how risks and assumptions are mitigated with this plan. NOTE: This question does not require details about how to fund the implementation plan. Associates will provide this information in question 10.
6. Show stakeholder commitment to your concept. Associates should answer this question by documenting a real commitment made by a user, customer, vendor, or hospital decision maker with regard to helping take the next step on their project. A strong answer will demonstrate that the associate received more than encouragement. The answer will be specific about what people will do to help. The associate might capture a commitment to help make a functional prototype or show they received help to prepare for IP protection.
7. How will you measure success? Strong answers will clearly describe how the implementation plan provides the associate with measurable evidence that will help build the case for bringing their concept to DCMC. The associate should demonstrate a clear evaluation plan (quantitative or qualitative) to effectively report on the success of their implementation plan.
8. Build your case for savings or revenue. Strong answers will provide a rough dollar estimate and show how the associate arrived at this estimate. The answer may tie the concept to improved associate health, happiness, or performance and, as a result, the potential savings for DCMC. For example, the answer may quantify the costs for how a concept saves time for nurses during rounds, or helps prevent errors, or improves recruitment and retention. The answer should include how the associate arrived at their estimate. We are not looking for extreme accuracy, only educated estimates.
9. How might this concept be funded? The associate will need to be specific about where the potential funding will come from for their implementation plan. For example, suggesting grants as funding is an inadequate answer. A strong answer will be specific about the grant and why the concept is competitive. The associate will need to include an educated estimate for the costs of their implementation plan and how they arrived at this estimate.