Healthy Communities Data Summit
May 23, 2013 Leave a comment
The Healthy Communities Data Summit held at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus, organized by Health 2.0, the Foundation for Healthcare Innovation and sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation, attracted a mix of civic leaders, medical/health professionals, academics, hackers and communicators – all eager to gain a better understanding and share the innovative uses of open health data.
Key topics from the event included cooperation and trust building between government, community and enterprise players, along with high impact applications by making health data accessible to the public (See tweets below).
As a communicator, I took a particular interest in the “A Better Pie Chart & Beyond: The Evolution of Visualization & Analysis” panel. Wess Grubbs, founder of Pitch Interactive, emphasized the human element behind all this data, and reminded users to prioritize the narrative when communicating health data. Although data is lifted from its silos and becomes easily accessible through visualizations, it should tell a complete story – not just grab for views, or “instant gratification.”
Data welcome at Healthy Communities Data Summit #hcds w/ @health2con @CHCFNews http://t.co/ET1WQJczw7—
CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) May 21, 2013
Open health data = Better communication, Performance driver -> Flu shot apps, Hurricane Sandy evac zone maps, restaurant scores #hcds—
CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) May 21, 2013
Era of abundant data (not big data)-many creative uses in health @bkreit @iftf #hcds http://t.co/4mWfZgA4Bs—
CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) May 21, 2013
'Story/narrative 1st, before instant gratification' -Wes Grubbs @pitchinc re: data visualizations #hcds @health2con http://t.co/ujvQLLgHzR—
Nooshin NavidiLatour (@nooshin) May 21, 2013
'Health has led & lagged in open data' -Steve Spiker @urbanstratoak, Data Applications/Trend panel #hcds http://t.co/VWYEpAi6SH—
CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) May 21, 2013
Real apps: Peninsula library data for Calfresh, food pantries, @ZeroChampaign, @codeforamerica @Health2conSF #hcds http://t.co/MPYu00OTxQ—
CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) May 21, 2013
.@CaliforniaEPA air pollution maps // vulnerable health populations #hcds @health2con @UCSF http://t.co/zLCEOr2Imy—
CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) May 21, 2013
.@CastlightHealth Reference-based pricing ('shopping' for health care), Consumer Access to Health Care data #hcds http://t.co/ABPCNXn97C—
UCSF CHV (@UCSF_CHV) May 21, 2013
JoAnna Caywood @LPFCH sharing kidsdata.org – Datasets/Resources for CA #hcds @Health2conSF @UCSF http://t.co/7AmmMOn7yR—
CTSI at UCSF (@CTSIatUCSF) May 21, 2013
'SF passed legislation to open more data' @jay_nath @sfgov CIO @health2con @CHCFNews #hcds http://t.co/DXPv9c309N—
Nooshin NavidiLatour (@nooshin) May 21, 2013
@lendegroot says, Fear Not! Communicators must be data-competent & facile with design. Embrace the spreadsheet #HCDS. kdmc.berkeley.edu—
CE and HP UCSF CTSI (@CE_HPatCTSI) May 21, 2013
Telling comment from Saf Rabaj of @socrata "the data viz lets you search for the stories behind the data" The stories are key #hcds—
Kristi Durazo (@krash63) May 21, 2013
For productive use of #opendata, make sure to build trust between gov't & community first – @codeforamerica Chief of Staff #hcds—
Health 2.0 (@health2con) May 21, 2013
Here’s an event summary from the California HealthCare Foundation’s California Healthline.





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