If you’re near or in Chicago next Weds (April 27) and you care about health data, applications or innovation, we highly recommend that you get to a Community Forum on the Health Data Initiative. The formal invite & details follow–Matthew Holt
James M. Galloway, MD, Acting HHS Regional Director and Regional Health Administrator, Region V invites you to a community dialogue hosted in Chicago on the Health Data Initiative with Todd Park, HHS Chief Technology Officer. 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.
One of his priority projects, on behalf of Secretary Sebelius, is the Community Health Data Initiative. The Community Health Data Initiative is a public-private collaboration among federal, state, local and private organizations, that aims to make indicators of health available to a broad array of users. Health indicators represent data from populations or groups of individuals that can be used to reflect health trends or differences in health status, cost, quality, and health system performance.
This is an opportunity for public health officials, businesses, academic institutions, providers, hospitals, health plans, and advocates to learn more about the Community Health Data Initiative, in particular, on the use of health and health care data to improve performance. More information on the initiative can be found at http://www.hhs.gov/open/datasets/communityhealthdata.html.
We hope that you can join us in a community dialogue with Todd Park!
When: Wednesday, April 27th from 2 – 4 p.m.
Where: The MidAmerica Club (inside the Aon Building)
200 E. Randolph, 80th Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
Why: You can help improve the health of our nation and the reach of this program in our community.
RSVP: Space is limited. Please RSVP for this free event by Friday, April 22nd to Ms. April Dublin at april.dublin@hhs.gov or 312-353-1385
Filed Under: THCB
Tagged: EHR, Health 2.0, HIT, Medicare, Obama administration, Policy, Tech Apr 18, 2011
There are a couple of applicable organizations here in Chicago related to Community Health
1. WHITIA – aims provide key community based medical facilities throughout the U.S. with access to affordable, digital X-ray equipment and medical expertise
2. Analyte Health – building online clinics with an in-house medical staff, but not sure if public health is a priority
See Chicago Health 2.0 companies page for more details: http://chicagohealthtech.org/companies
-Chirag