Health Data Initiative: Open Government at HHS

Health Data Initiative: Open Government at HHS

The Health Data Initiative (HDI) challenges innovators to use health data to develop new apps that improve health.
This June 5th and 6th, experts in health care, data, and IT come together for the HDI’s third annual forum: The Health Datapalooza!

 

Health Data Initiative

HHS and the Institute of Medicine have launched a national initiative to help consumers and communities get more value out of the Nation’s wealth of health data.  Under the Health Data Initiative:

• HHS releases greater amounts of health data in more usable formats
• Software developers 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 initiate effective new efforts in disease prevention, health promotion and measurement of health care quality and performance.

 Learn more about the initiative or go to the data on HealthData.gov.