Unleashing the Power of Open Data to Improve Health

Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer, HHS

Tech@StateFebruary 11, 2011

The Community Health Data Initiative (CHDI)

Vision laid out on March 11, 2010: Morph HHS into the “NOAA of health data”

What happened next: an explosion of innovation

90 days later: a stunning array of apps, built by a wide array of innovators, showcased on June 2

90 days later: a stunning array of apps, built by a wide array of innovators, showcased on June 2

90 days later: a stunning array of apps, built by a wide array of innovators, showcased on June 2

90 days later: a stunning array of apps, built by a wide array of innovators, showcased on June 2

90 days later: a stunning array of apps, built by a wide array of innovators, showcased on June 2

Community Health Data Initiative now becoming a much broader Health Data Initiative

Community Health Data

Clinical Provider Data

“Blue Button” Data

Insurance Product and Pricing Data (from HealthCare.gov)

Medical/Scientific Data

Consumer Product Data

Government Spending Data

Range of Free Data Sets and APIs Being Published by HHS

Launching this month on Data.gov: the HealthData.gov community

• New “one-stop resource” for the health data ecosystem

• Universal catalog of government-supplied health data and APIs, an “Apps Expo,” online community, catalog of non-federal health data websites

Energetic and proactive program to market our health data to innovators

• Challenges (20 thus far @ Health2Challenge.org)• Codeathons• Annual Health Data Lollapalooza (June 9, 2011)• Health Data Camps • “DC2VC” tour, conferences, 1 on 1 meetings, etc.

The goal: a “self-propelled” ecosystem of health data supply and use – already beginning to happen

• Expanding use of apps developed thus far• New app and feature development work from startups

and established companies• Growing array of ventures and programs emerging

leveraging our data