Dept of Health and Human Services and Institute of Medicine Forum
on Launch of CHDI–Community Health Data Initiative
http://www.hhs.gov/open
Archived Video:
http://www.hhs.gov/open/datasets/initiative_launch.html
The material below is all excerpted from HHS Open site.
“The Community Health Data Initiative will be launched in a Forum at the Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C., on June 2, 2010 (at 9:00am EDT). Opening speakers will be IOM President Harvey Fineberg, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and HHS Deputy Secretary Bill Corr. About 15 new applications will be demonstrated, making health data available in new formats. The new applications have been developed by a range of corporations and others, from IT giants to smaller companies and non-profits. The Forum is open to media. It will be viewable by webcast June 2 at 9 a.m. ET.
Update: Now archived–click on video image below.
HHS CHDI Forum Video
According to HHS Chief Technology Officer Todd Park, “Under the initiative, HHS health data will be made freely available so that software developers can create innovative applications and make the data more useful for consumers and communities. At the June 2 event, Secretary Sebelius explains the initiative, and early developers demonstrated their new applications. See more at the HHS OpenGov website http://www.hhs.gov/open/datasets/communityhealthdata.html.”
“HHS and the Institute of Medicine will launch a national initiative to help consumers and communities get more value out of the Nation’s wealth of health data. Under the Community Health Data Initiative:
- HHS will release greater amounts of health data in more usable formats
- Software developers will use the data to create new applications that will make health information increasingly useful for individuals and communities
- With improved data and creative new applications, communities and consumers will initiate effective new efforts in disease prevention, health promotion and measurement of health care quality and performance. “
Community Health Data Forum: Harnessing the Power of Information to Improve Health
Originally posted May 27, 2010 by Todd Park, HHS CTO, on Open HHS Blog and re-posted below.
By Todd Park
- HHS Frameworks: Click to Enlarge
” The purpose of the Initiative is to help Americans understand health performance in our communities and to spark action to improve health–by making HHS’s vast stores of data on community health easily accessible by the public and putting it in the hands of innovators who can turn it into super cool new applications.”
On behalf of the HHS Open Government team, I’m really excited to share some important news in our continuing work to liberate HHS data in the name of improving health!
As those of you who checked out our Open Government Plan may recall, one of our flagship Open Government efforts is a campaign we’re calling the Community Health Data Initiative. The purpose of the Initiative is to help Americans understand health performance in our communities and to spark action to improve health – by making HHS’s vast stores of data on community health easily accessible by the public and putting it in the hands of innovators who can turn it into super cool new applications.
On Wednesday, June 2, HHS and the Institute of Medicine will host a big public meeting on the Community Health Data Initiative that will showcase what early innovators have been able to do with our data — the Community Health Data Forum: Harnessing the Power of Information to Improve Health. You can join a webcast of this Forum at http://www.hhs.gov/open on June 2 at 9 a.m. ET. (View Agenda). Come join Secretary Sebelius, Deputy Secretary Bill Corr, Harvey Fineberg, Aneesh Chopra, and me as we celebrate an initial glimpse into what community health data combined with innovation mojo can do and discuss the path forward!
Let me share a bit of the story behind this. On March 11, the Institute of Medicine and HHS convened health care experts, technology developers, Web 2.0 visionaries, and others to explore what could be done with HHS’s community health data. The group brainstormed an incredibly cool set of ideas – and then, even more impressively, volunteered to pursue the development of many of them, roping in additional folks along the way. In the less than 90 days since that meeting, more than a dozen new or improved data applications using HHS’s community health data have been developed! These are applications that can help raise awareness of community health performance, help civic leaders and consumers understand how best to improve health, and put vital health information at one’s fingertips in creative new ways. I am dying to tell you more about these apps, but have been sworn to secrecy. If you want to know more, you’ll just have to check out the webcast on June 2.
And we’d very much like to hear your thoughts about the different applications that get presented on June 2 and on the Community Health Data Initiative overall. If you’re willing, please post your comments (on Tod Park’s Open HHS blog. ) Looking forward to hanging out with folks on the webcast next Wednesday(June 2, 2010)!
To learn more about and download HHS data resources being provided as part of the Community Health Data Initiative (CHDI), select this button (link) to go to the interim CHDI data sources webpage.
More information about the Community Health Data Initiative and HHS Data Sources can be found here.
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For June 2, 2010 agenda, see below.
About Todd Park
“Todd Park joined HHS as Chief Technology Officer in August 2009. In this role, he is responsible for helping HHS leadership harness the power of data, technology, and innovation to improve the health and welfare of the nation. Mr. Park co-founded Athenahealth in 1997 and co-led its development over the following decade into one of the most innovative, socially-oriented, and successful health information technology companies in the industry. Prior to Athenahealth, he served as a management consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton, focusing on health care strategy, technology, and operations. Mr. Park has also served in a volunteer capacity as a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he focused on health IT and health reform policy, and as senior health care advisor to Ashoka, a leading global incubator of social entrepreneurs, where he helped start a venture to bring affordable telehealth, drugs, diagnostics, and clean water to rural India. Mr. Park graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College with an A.B. in economics.”
Data Sets
Two types of data sets are available. Downloads are open-format data sets presented in csv, xml or other downloadable formats. Interactive data sets can be manipulated on the Web. You may search by keyword, HHS Agency and/or type. New data sets are being added regularly. The links available on the Open HHS Data Pages will take you to Data.gov where you can access the data set, rate it, and view additional details.
Tools
Two types of tools are presently available. Widgets are code-bearing graphic elements that allow you add HHS content or functionality to your Web product. RSS are syndication feeds that allow you to automatically import HHS content into your Web product. You may search by keyword, HHS Agency and/or type. New tools are being added regularly. The links available on the Open HHS Tools Pages will take you to Data.gov where you can access the data set, rate it, and view additional details.
HHS Open Government Plan
Table of Contents
Executive Summary (PDF – 132KB)
1 Introduction (PDF – 112KB)
2 Leadership, Governance, and Culture Change (PDF – 134KB)
2.1 How We Developed Our Open Government Plan
2.2 How Open Government Efforts Will Be Led at HHS
2.3. How Open Government Supports Our Strategic Goals
2.4 How We Will Support Our Employees in the Pursuit of Open Government
2.5 How We Will Measure the Success of Open Government at HHS
2.6 How We Will Seek to Collaborate with Other Agencies on Open Government Efforts
3 Transparency (PDF – 1.24MB)
3.1 HHS Data Currently Available for Download
3.2 New High-Value Data Sets and Tools
3.3 New HHS Process for Ongoing Data Prioritization, Release, and Monitoring
3.4 Compliance with IT Dashboard, eRulemaking, Data.gov, Recovery.gov, and USASpending.gov Guidance
3.5 How HHS Will Inform the Public About the Business of Our Agency
3.6 How HHS Is Meeting Current Records Management Requirements
3.7 HHS and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
3.8 HHS and Congressional Requests for Information
3.9 HHS and Information Declassification
4 Participation and Collaboration (PDF – 155KB)
4.1 Participation – How HHS Currently Engages the Public
4.2 Collaboration – How HHS Agencies Work with Outside Entities
4.3 HHS Strategic Plan for Participation and Collaboration
4.4 Featured Activities for Participation and Collaboration
4.5 Looking Beyond the Horizon
5 HHS Flagship Initiatives (PDF- 342KB)
5.1 CMS Dashboard
5.2 FDA Transparency Initiative
5.3 FDA-TRACK
5.4 FOIA Excellence
5.5 Community Health Data Initiative
Conclusion (PDF – 104KB)
AGENDA-June 2, 2010
NAS Building (2100 C Street, NW)
Washington, DC
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
| 7:45 a.m. | Registration Opens |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. | Plenary Welcome (NAS Auditorium)
Harvey V. Fineberg, President, IOM
The Honorable Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, HH Deputy Secretary Bill Corr, HHS |
| 9:20 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Showcase of Tools and Applications in Development |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Overview of Current Efforts and Future Directions Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer, HHS Aneesh Chopra, Associate Director & Chief Technology Officer, Office of Science & Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Innovation Expo (NAS Great Hall) |
| 12:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Afternoon Sessions (Optional) |
| 2:00 p.m. | Adjournment |
