Health Datapalooza is a national conference focused on health data, bringing together companies, startups, academics, government agencies and individuals with the newest and most innovative and effective uses of health data to improve patient outcomes.
It includes keynote presentations, newsmaker panels, breakout groups, training sessions, meet-ups, code-a-thons, and other interactive sessions focused on health data applications. Expect announcements of business deals, data competitions, new academic programs and projects, cross-sector collaborations and other opportunities for engagement. An “Apps Expo” will allows attendees to explore innovative new tools and services and interact directly with the developers and data experts who create the applications.
Speakers will include:
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Elliott Fisher, director of Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
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Karen Ignagni, CEO/president of America’s Health Insurance Plans
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Todd Park, U.S. chief technology officer
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Atul Gawande, professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School
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Bryan Sivak, chief technology officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Steven Brill, author of Time magazine’s “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills are Killing Us”
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Susannah Fox, associate director of Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project