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Using open data to improve health with Todd Park, CTO of Health and Human Services (webcast recap)

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Todd Park joined us on July 7 to talk about the power of open data for improving health. His position with HHS was created by the Obama administration as a change agent. And he's taking that role seriously.
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0 CommentsPosted 11 Jul 2011 by Ruth Suehle (Red Hat)

Webcast today at 3PM (ET): Todd Park, CTO of Dept of HHS

Today, July 7 at 3:00pm ET, opensource.com will host a live webcast with Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

It's not too late to join the conversation. Register now

Todd’s talking about opening up reams of government data to improve health. Don't miss what he has to say.
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0 CommentsPosted 7 Jul 2011 by Lori Mehen (Red Hat)

To Microsoft go the Google Health PHRs. Will you transfer yours?

Condolences to Google on the death of Google Health. But kudos to them for offering portability of the PHRs stored there, even if you don't like the offered destination--Microsoft HealthVault. That's a big win for people who have been storing their personal health records with Google since Health launched three years ago. » Read more

0 CommentsPosted 1 Jul 2011 by Ruth Suehle (Red Hat)

WEBCAST: HHS technology chief Todd Park talks with opensource.com

Open Your World webcast with Todd Park - July 7 at 3 p.m.

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2 CommentsPosted 30 Jun 2011 by Lori Mehen (Red Hat)

A few words about Google Health

Google Health was doomed from the start.

It was based on a legal fallacy and a technical one. » Read more

1 CommentPosted 29 Jun 2011 by Dana Blankenhorn

An open health challenge

There is a treasure trove of high-value health information sitting on health.data.gov just waiting to be put to use. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) have been involved in a project designed to free health data from government archive silos and put it into the hands of innovators and entrepreneurs to facilitate growth and development of the healthcare ecosystem. » Read more

1 CommentPosted 27 Jun 2011 by Lori Mehen (Red Hat)

Poll: Trusting health data

Got something to share about health data and trust? Give us a shout in the comments.

0 CommentsPosted 21 Jun 2011 by Lori Mehen (Red Hat)

Open IDEO asks: how can social businesses improve the health of low-income communities?

In 2005, during a visit to Paris, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus proposed a joint venture to the chairman of Danone (spelled Dannon in the US). The objective was to supply Danone's delicious yogurt to the malnourished children of Bangladesh. They would add micronutrients to the yogurt so that if a child ate two yogurts per week for a year, they would regain full health.
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0 CommentsPosted 17 Jun 2011 by Lori Mehen (Red Hat)

TEDxChapelHill: Open Source Technologies, Local Engagement, and Innovation for Global Health

Last week, the second annual TEDxChapelHill filled the Varsity Theatre in Chapel Hill, NC. The seven amazing speakers—from the fields of ICT4D (information, communication, and technology for development), mHealth, engineering and design, and medicine—talked about their projects, trials, and vision for the future. They spoke about the critical importance of local involvement, capacity building, end-user engagement, efficiency, a respect for low-tech solutions and high-tech innovative partnerships to make tools affordable and accessible.
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1 CommentPosted 16 Jun 2011 by Heather LaGarde

Ozioma puts locally relevant health data in the hands of journalists

Charlene Caburnay from the Health Communications Research Lab presented to the Health Data Initiative Forum today about Ozioma, winner of the Health 2.0 and National Cancer Institute Developer Challenge. » Read more

1 CommentPosted 9 Jun 2011 by Ruth Suehle (Red Hat)