What health issues can be solved using health data? What topics are keeping health data enthusiasts on the edge of their seats? Find out at the 2013 Health Data Initiative IV. As a past attendee, we would like to invite you to the next Health Datapalooza, which will be bigger and better than before!
For the past three years, through the Health Data Initiative, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has focused on the liberation of health data. This effort has focused on making data from HHS holdings more easily available without affecting privacy or confidentiality of individuals. The intention is that entrepreneurs, developers, researchers and policy makers will take the newly liberated data and create web or mobile applications, products and services to help improve health for consumers, communities and service providers.
Co-authored by @GHideas and @worksteven Updated September 26, 2012
Hundreds of codeathons are held throughout this country every year resulting in the development of innovative applications, like the “Like” button on Facebook, or solutions to critical social and health problems, like childhood obesity.
Several codeathons are coming up that are focused on creating solutions in health care that you should check out.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Innovation Team is taking new steps to make it easier for people to connect and find information on our innovation activities. As an example, we have used Twitter to promote the first time public voting for selecting input on the HHSinnovates Program.
Here are some of the ways we are connecting with you.
Earlier this summer, the U.S.
The next installment of HealthData.gov’s blog post series highlighting applications that have been developed leveraging U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data features Archimedes IndiGO. Archimedes IndiGO was featured on the main stage at this year’s Health Data Initiative Forum III: Health Datapalooza.
On August 9 – 10, 2012 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) held its first ever Behavioral Health Data Users Conference and it was awesome! Over two days, SAMHSA brought data owners and users together in one place to better explore the treasure trove of behavioral health data being produced by SAMHSA.
The next installment of HealthData.gov’s blog post series highlighting applications that have been developed leveraging U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data features HealthGrades.
Below is a guest post by Roger Holstein, Healthgrades Chief Executive Officer.
New to HealthData.gov or just want to get refreshed on the awesome capabilities of the site and what data sets are available? Make sure to join us tomorrow Aug 1st, 12pm-1pm EST for a webinar on “Orientation to Healthdata.gov”. We are pleased to have speakers from the Innovation Team at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Jim Craver, the Director of the Office of Analysis and Epidemiology at the National Center for Health Statistics; and Niall Brennan, Director of Policy and Data Analysis at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
