Secure health data helping patients, doctors improve care and health
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2013 |
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Secure health data helping patients, doctors improve care and health
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the release of new data and new opportunities for researchers and developers at the beginning of Health Datapalooza IV. This is the fourth annual national conference on health data transparency, which brings together government, non-profit, and private sector organizations to look at the potential for open data from HHS and other sources to help improve health and health care.
The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) today released new data – including county-level data on Medicare spending and utilization for the first time, as well as selected data on hospital outpatient charges. In addition, the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released additional information on the adoption of specific electronic health record (EHR) systems, as well as the winners of new opportunities for building innovative tools that build off health data.
“A more data driven and transparent health care marketplace can help consumers and their families make important decisions about their care,” said Secretary Sebelius. “The administration is committed to making the health system more transparent and harnessing data to empower consumers.”
Today HHS released data and tools that will help researchers and consumers take advantage of health information:
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Last revised: June 3, 2013
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