#healthApps Harvey Fineberg - We are lost in a sea of data. We need to make this actionable information

Todd Park can be proud of the Health Data Initiative Forum. The forum is building a partnership mentality in Health. Government is providing large data sets and entrepreneurs are rising to the challenge to make sense of that data and mix it with other data sources to create actionable information that creates the potential to improve health care.

Secretary Sebelious points out that we have a triple loss in the USA. Our Government spends more on Health Care than other Governments. Our Private Health Care industry is the most expensive in the world and we still have 50M uninsured people. [Ed: That is almost the size of the entire UK population!]

The biggest news of the day so far has to be AETNa's announcement that they will be implementing Blue Button functionality for their 10M members in 2011. This is great news! Back in March I posted an article saying we need a campaign "Blues - give me my button!"     ... Well AETNA just raised the stakes and creates more pressure for the rest of the Private HealthCare industry to follow the great example set by the VA thanks to Todd Park and his team's instigation of new ways of sharing health data.

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Dr Maurice Cates talking to participants - make something happen #hcdc #dchealth at #kpcth HealthCa.mp/dc

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#hcdc HealthCa.mp/dc kicks off at 9am at #KPCTH DC Health Innovation Week gathers speed

HealthCa.mp/dc kicks off this morning with a great group of participants. Building on the buzz from a fabulous #TheWalkingGallery event on Tuesday evening. Today the theme is "Vitality Through Data" - but at the end of the day HealthCamp is driven by the participants.

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@daniellecass and @tedeytan admiring @cristianliu's jacket at #thewalkinggallery

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Preparations for #thewalkinggallery

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DC Health Innovation Week - The press conference at #KPCTH

This week is DC Health Innovation Week. The Mayor of Washington DC proclaimed it as such. So here we are sitting in the mission orientation room at the Center For Total Health. Conversations are breaking out as people wait for the official announcement. 

The week of Innovation centers around The incredible Kaiser Permanente Center For Total Health and the activities that have been generated out of the office of the "Entrepreneur In Residence" at the Department of Health and Human Services - Todd Park. The HealthCare Blog had a great post from Todd today. Calling All Health Innovators: Health Data Palooza. The 2nd Annual Health Data Initiative Forum takes place at the National Institutes of Health on Thursday but it is preceded by two great events:

This evening starts the series of events with #TheWalkingGallery. Around 30 passionate Health Transformation Advocates will be wearing their change message on their backs. I will be among those wearing an amazing jacket that was created by @ReginaHolliday. Check out Regina's blog to see the wonderful change creations. 

On Wednesday we have HealthCa.mp/dc an incredible group of participants are gathering to explore the issue of "Vitality through Data." This ties in with the Health Data Initiatives that HHS is promoting through Open Health Data. 

On Saturday, June 11th, I will also be taking part in the Health 2.0 Code-a-Thon Developer Challenge at the Center For Total Health. This will be the first time I have had opportunity to take part directly in a Code-A-Thon. I am looking forward to it immensely.

There are plenty of other events happening during the week. In Clay Shirky's words - we will have a significant "Cognitive Surplus" circling the National Capital Area this week. Let's put it to great use, by making connections and creating new tools and services that use data to create vitality and promote patient/consumer/citizen engagement in health.

If you are around town come and say hi. I will be the one wearing this jacket:

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@reginaholliday artwork hanging at Nottingham Contemporary #hcdc #thewalkinggallery

Wearingmy jacket proudly

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