June 2nd to 8th proclaimed DC Health Data & Innovation Week
We’re pleased to announce that Mayor Vincent Gray has officially proclaimed June 2nd-8th as DC Health Data and Innovation Week. The proclamation specifically refers to the work of the Health Data...
View ArticleTom Friedman in NYT on Datapalooza, health care startups, and innovation
Health Datapalooza gets a shout-out in Thomas Friedman’s editorial this week, Obamacare’s Other Surprise. The ‘surprise’ he writes about is “the number of health care information start-ups [the...
View ArticleFunding announcement: PCORI Seeks Applicants to Help Build National Health...
The post below comes from our friends at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Opportunities are now open to apply for a share of more than $68 million committed by the...
View ArticleFirst annual Health Data Liberator Award presented to Nirav Shah
On June 4th at Health Datapalooza IV, the Health Data Consortium recognized New York State and Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah for leadership in trailblazing statewide health data liberation at...
View ArticleForecasting health using data analytics and modeling
From our friends from Archimedes Incorporated: Optimal decision making in healthcare requires the ability to make accurate forecasts of the consequences of various clinical or policy options. Now that...
View ArticleGuest Blogger: Marshall Votta on Health Datapalooza IV and Family Feud’n
This post comes to us courtesy of Marshall Votta, Vice President of Leverage Health Solutions. A few weeks ago, I was glad to attend my fourth “Health Datapalooza”, which at 2,000+ attendees has...
View ArticleGuest Blogger Deven McGraw on Protecting the Integrity and Confidentiality of...
Health reform efforts ideally should be aimed at the shared goals of improving patient safety and health, while at the same time promoting health system efficiency and accountability. These goals are...
View ArticleSummer: a great time to learn about health and data
Need an infusion of learning this summer? We’re pleased to share this note from our friends at Health 2.0 about their online series: Big Data, Big Business. Health 2.0 EDU now offers online classes...
View ArticleFrom the desk of HDC’s CEO Dwayne Spradlin
“We’re not just affiliates, we’re health data sherpas!” Last week, we held the first ever HDC Affiliates Summit in Dallas, TX. You may be asking: what exactly is an HDC Affiliate? Briefly, it’s any...
View ArticleHealth infographic Competition…win $500
From our Ohio HDC Affiliate: Your infographic on a health issue affecting Kentucky or Ohio could win $500 The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky are...
View ArticleKnight News Challenge announces $2M for innovative ways to harness data
We’re excited to share the news about a fantastic new opportunity for funding for health data projects. In collaboration with HDC and other leaders in health data, The Knight News Challenge is offering...
View ArticleGuest Blogger: Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health in England
We are pleased to share this post from Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health in England, and one of the keynote speakers at this year’s Health Datapalooza in DC in June. Below, he shares his...
View ArticleHDC Affiliate highlight: Louisiana
Over the next couple of months, we will be highlighting our HDC Affiliates, who they are and how they are helping to liberate health data to improve health and health care and drive innovation. Our...
View ArticleThe Future of Health IT – Health Intelligence Partners
On July 31, 2013, Health Intelligence Partners held a tabletop exercise to discuss the future of health IT. Below is a letter from David Merritt, who leads HIP, summarizing this meeting and inviting...
View ArticleSeptember Events
As the summer draws to a close, a month of exciting conferences and events awaits in the fall! This blog post rounds up some of these up-coming events, and there are even more on the Events page....
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Announcing HealthDataChallenges.com
We are thrilled to announce the launch of HealthDataChallenges.com, a new public resource fostering the transformation of health and healthcare, as part of our partnership with Luminary Labs. Our CEO,...
View ArticleProgress, Enthusiasm, and Bringing Health Data to Life
Friends, this has been a busy year at your Health Data Consortium (HDC). I am pleased to report that we are engaged with countless organizations committed to putting health data to work to improve...
View ArticleDon’t miss out! Have a great idea to improve health by harnessing data?
Don’t miss your chance! The deadline to submit an idea for the Knight News Challenge is tomorrow – and they’re giving away $2M for innovative ways to harness data! The deadline to submit your great...
View ArticleHDC Affiliate highlight: Ohio
In this blog post, we continue to highlight our HDC Affiliates, who they are and how they are helping to liberate health data to improve health and health care and drive innovation. Below we hear from...
View ArticleThe Medicare DATA Act and You
Friends: There is significant work to be done in catalyzing the use of health data in all its forms in pursuit of driving real impact and benefit across our health system. If we are successful, we will...
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