Mannat Singh, Policy Coordinator
msingh@civhc.org | 720.242.7048
AGENDA
2:00 – 2:15 Welcome and introductions
Phil Kalin, Center for Improving Value in Health Care
2:15 – 2:25 Introduction to Health Data Initiative and Affiliate Program
2:25 – 3:10 Show and tell
Andrew Abumoussa, Corpora.io
Corpora.io empowers businesses and individuals with meaningful insights learned from real-time data. They apply machine learning and natural language understanding techniques to mine dependable patterns from noisy and incomplete data found online. These patterns are exposed and data are denoised using their API, enabling customers to answer specific questions about their business in a principled way and in real time.
View a clip of the twitter health insights demo from the 2012 Health Datapalooza in DC here: http://vimeo.com/44456941
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Wayne Guerra, iTriage
iTriage is a global health care technology company founded in 2008 by two emergency medicine physicians. Their market leading platform and mobile/web applications offer proprietary symptom to provider pathway empowering consumers to make better health care decisions. iTraige helps people answer the two most common medical questions - what could be wrong and where should I go for treatment? Millions of consumers around the world have downloaded the free iTriage app on their smartphones, and thousands of providers use iTriage to reach and communicate critical facility and service information to consumers.
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Kerry Hicks, HealthGrades
Founded and headquartered in Denver, HealthGrades is the leader in helping consumers make informed choices about America's healthcare providers. More than 200 million consumers come to HealthGrades' online network to research and select a new doctor or hospital, and to find trusted health information to help them make more informed decisions for themselves and their families. Kerry Hicks led HealthGrades starting with its launch in 1998, and under his leadership HealthGrades transformed into the premier destination for consumers seeking information on docotrs and hospitals.
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3:10 – 3:30 Overview of publically available data sources and assets
Colorado Health Institute
The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) is a trusted and leading source of credible health information, data and analysis for Colorado health care leaders. They provide sophisticated, evidence-based information that can help policy-makers reach sound decisions. CHI's insight is used to inform policy, contribute to effective policy implementation and support state efforts to improve health.
3:30 – 4:00 Activity and Future Success in Colorado
4:00 – 4:30 Discussion & Next Steps
4:30 – 5:30 Networking/Reception