Community Indicators Data Portal to Be Featured on Main Stage at Health Datapalooza

HealthLandscape will present our Community Indicators Data Portal application on June 5 at the Health Data Initiative Forum III, also known as Health Datapalooza. We are proud to be among only 17 teams chosen to present from the main stage, out of more than 200 applicants.

Health Datapalooza celebrates innovative applications that find meaningful uses for public health data, such as our Medicare Spending and Utilization Data Portal, shown below.

The Medicare Spending and Utilization Data Portal relies on the new Geographic Variation in Medicare Spending and Utilization database, which uses Medicare claims data to calculate utilization measures and total, standardized, and risk-adjusted spending.

We'll be among the data experts, technology developers, entrepreneurs, policy makers, health care system leaders, and community advocates in attendance.

Visit us in Washington, DC, at the Datapalooza, or watch the presentation via live webcast. You can also follow us on Twitter @HealthLandscape. The event hashtag is #healthdata.

Open Government, Accessible Data: Let Your Voice Be Heard!

Making data open and accessible is a core value at HealthLandscape. We believe you should have full access to public data, in usable form.

Implementation of the Obama administration's 2009 Open Government Directive—which encourages transparency, collaboration, and participation by increasing access to government information—is now underway. The Department of Health and Human Services is inviting individuals to contribute their ideas to HHS's next Open Government Plan via an online survey: http://wcdapps.hhs.gov/OpenGovPublicInput/Survey.

Take advantage of this opportunity to let your voice be heard. Better hurry, though—deadline is April 9.