Report From Health Datapalooza IV
Datapalooza IV was all about collaboration, open solutions, and innovation. Remember this magical formula: Collaboration + Open Solutions = Innovation Read More »
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Count Down To Health Datapalooza IV
The Health Data Initiative (HDI) was launched in 2010 by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) which has now grown into the Health Data Consortium... Read More »
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Foreign Countries Hack VA System And Expose Vulnerabilities
The Veterans Health Administration, the largest integrated health care system in the U.S., has reportedly been hacked numerous times by foreign countries such as China and Russia since 2010... Read More »
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Five Ways Advanced Social Intelligence Guides Pharma Strategy
Within the billions of daily comments from individuals across open social sources lies deep intelligence into markets, brands, patients, caregivers, healthcare providers and competitors. Several leading pharmaceutical companies are already using big data solutions to extract insights from the social realm... Read More »
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European Commission Joint Research Center And OpenStreetMap
Late March, just coming back from Burundi, I have been invited by Guido Lemoine from the Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen – IPSC, Geospatial EMergency Management Action – GEMMA, that is part of the Joint Research Center (the European Commission’s in-house science service)... Read More »
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DocGraph: Open Social Doctor Data
An inside look at DocGraph, a data project that shows how the U.S. health care system delivers care. Read More »
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Crowdfunding In Healthcare Isn’t Easy – Health Tech Hatch Turns to Indiegogo
Health Tech Hatch, a site launched last fall as a crowdfunding site specifically for health startups, is joining forces with one of the biggest crowdfunding platforms on the web, Indiegogo. Read More »
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Crossing Boundaries By Tracing Buildings: Mapping Kathmandu From New York City"
Throughout the day you could hear the simple question - 'Is that a building?' -- followed by conversations about shadows, and people, and the construction of a city that seemed so far away from our own... Read More »
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Comprehensive Report On Mali Activation
Early this year, HOT was activated in Mali. Pierre Beland took the lead on this activation, and produced for OCHA this excellent report. Recommended reading, for the comprehensive qualitative and quantitative look at this creative and awesome collaboration. Read More »
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Officials Tackling Backlog At VA
Tim Susengill calls it his “in-the-cracks letter.” He sends it to the Department of Veterans Affairs whenever a local veteran spends more than a year waiting for a response to a medical claim. [...] Read More »
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