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Inaugural Health Data Impact Award Honors Work on Patients’ Rights to Access Personal Health Data

Award winner Deven McGraw guided the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ efforts to engage technology developers and patients with transparent and effective regulatory frameworks for the use of health data.

Posted Feb 11, 2020 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Using Health Data Data Sharing Health Datapalooza

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Recognizing and Uplifting the Legitimacy of Patient Experts for Better Health Data Tools and Policies

In this final post in a series, ePatient and Security Researcher Andrea Downing highlights where we need to build professional skills and lower barriers for patient experts to be part of a team in health care.

Posted Feb 9, 2020 By Andrea Downing

Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Using Health Data Health Datapalooza National Health Policy Conference

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How Telemedicine Can Solve the U.S. Rural Health Crisis

Health Datapalooza speakers Alisahah Cole and Patrice Walker emphasize the need for policymakers, payers, and internet service providers to work together to ensure that rural communities have the opportunity to achieve health equity through high-speed internet access.

Posted Feb 5, 2020 By Alisahah Cole, M.D., Patrice Walker, M.D.

Topics Delivering Better Care Access to Care Health Datapalooza National Health Policy Conference

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Bridging Clinical and Research to Action and Impact

In this fourth post in a series leading up to Health Datapalooza and the National Health Policy Conference, Rasu Shrestha highlights ways clinicians and researchers can move their findings faster into policy, health systems and tech development.

Posted Jan 31, 2020 By Rasu Shrestha, M.D., M.B.A.

Topics Using Health Data Hospitals & Health Systems Health Datapalooza National Health Policy Conference

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Learning from Past Progress to Advance the Future of Digital Health

Ashish Atreja reflects on advances in digital health and identifies trends to watch for the future in this third of a series of blog post prior to Health Datapalooza and the National Health Policy Conference.

Posted Jan 24, 2020 By Ashish Atreja, M.D., M.P.H., FACP

Topics Using Health Data National Health Policy Conference Health Datapalooza

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The Secret to Bringing Researchers, Tech, and Policymakers Together

Co-located Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference co-chair Melinda Buntin emphasizes the importance of asking the right questions in the second of a series of blog posts prior to the February meeting.

Posted Dec 19, 2019 By Melinda B. Buntin, Ph.D.

Topics National Health Policy Conference Health Datapalooza

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Challenges in Health Data Do Not Exist in a Vacuum

Co-located Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference co-chair Niall Brennan highlights the importance of diverse perspectives to solve our most pressing health care challenges in the first of a series of blog posts prior to the February meeting.

Posted Dec 12, 2019 By Niall Brennan, B.A., M.P.P.

Topics Using Health Data Delivering Better Care Health Datapalooza National Health Policy Conference

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Health Data and Health Policy Come Together in February 2020

AcademyHealth President & CEO Dr. Lisa Simpson describes the thinking behind co-locating the annual Health Datapalooza and AcademyHealth’s National Health Policy Conference and announces the opening of calls for presentations and presentation reviewers.

Posted Aug 27, 2019 By Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Topics Using Health Data National Health Policy Conference Health Datapalooza

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Stakeholder Viewpoints on the Status of Health Data

Greg Downing, AcademyHealth senior scholar in residence and Founder of Innovation Horizons, LLC, highlights survey results from attendees at the 10th Annual Health Datapalooza.

Posted May 29, 2019 By Gregory Downing, D.O., Ph.D.

Topics Using Health Data Data Sources Health Datapalooza

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Healthiest Communities’ Data Challenge Finalists Recognized at 10th Anniversary Health Datapalooza

Finalists created tools for comparative insights across counties, combined data for fuller pictures of community health and used data visualization to reveal disparate health outcomes.

Posted Mar 28, 2019 By Lauren Adams, M.A.

Topics Using Health Data Building Healthy Communities Health Datapalooza News