Themes of Health Datapalooza 2018 Point to Opportunities to Blend Research and Innovation
Paul Wallace, veteran Datapalooza attendee and AcademyHealth senior scholar in residence, shares his four impressions from last week’s meeting.
Data Challenge Will Make Available Data More Actionable for Community Health Improvements
A new data challenge coming this summer will make data from the Healthiest Communities Rankings available to contestants to design and implement community level interventions.
Sixth Annual Health Data Liberator Award Honors Work to Increase Use and Impact of Humanitarian Data
Winners of the award were recognized at Health Datapalooza for their work on the Humanitarian Data Exchange, an open platform for sharing humanitarian data.
2018 Health Datapalooza
Harnessing the power of data and technology to improve health for individuals and communities
New Area of Research Leverages Clinical Decision Support to Improve Evidence-Based, Patient-Centered Care
A learning network aims to address barriers to implementing research findings in clinical care through patient-centered clinical decision support. Research in this emerging area will be featured in Better Decisions Together, a new special section in AcademyHealth’s journal eGEMs.
Blockchain: Now that you have some understanding about what blockchain is and how it works, what does it mean for health care?
Blockchain has the potential to fundamentally change the way we transact, automating agreements while reducing the need for trust and intermediaries in multi-party transactions- How can you take advantage of blockchain for health-related applications today and in the future?
State and Local Innovations in Data Use to be Recognized at Health Datapalooza
Finalist projects for the inaugural Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Award leverage data to improve health and outcomes in their communities.
Blockchain: You’ve heard of it, your colleagues keep talking about it, but what is it?
Blockchain is an emerging technology that has the potential to significantly disrupt many industries from finance and banking, to health care and energy. But what is blockchain, how does it work, and when should you consider it?
AcademyHealth Presents the 2018 Health Datapalooza Agenda
Creating Space for Increased Collaboration and Conversation on Interoperability
Read the latest from the National Interoperability Collaborative and its work to increase collaboration among the sectors that impact health and well-being by improving information-sharing, interoperability, and use of technology.