ENTRIES TAGGED "open data"
Technical requirements for coordinating care in an Accountable Care Organization
Report from the field by Tony McCormick
The concept of an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) reflects modern hopes to improve medicine and cut costs in the health system. Tony McCormick, a pioneer in the integration of health care systems, describes what is needed on the ground to get doctors working together.
Highlights from the full video interview include:
What an Accountable Care Organization is. [Discussed at…
Five elements of reform that health providers would rather not hear about
Data as a platform, patient control, and partnerships are key
The quantum leap we need in patient care requires a complete overhaul of record-keeping and health IT. Leaders of the health care field know this and have been urging the changes on health care providers for years, but the providers are having trouble accepting the changes for several reasons.
What’s holding them back? Change certainly costs money, but the industry…
The risks and rewards of a health data commons
John Wilbanks on health data donation, contextual privacy, and open networks.
As I wrote earlier this year in an ebook on data for the public good, while the idea of data as a currency is still in its infancy, it’s important to think about where the future is taking us and our personal data.
If the Obama administration’s smart disclosure initiatives gather steam, more citizens will be able…
Palo Alto looks to use open data to embrace ‘city as a platform’
Palo Alto CIO Jonathan Reichental talks about the city's vision for open data.
In the 21st century, one of the strategies cities around the world are embracing to improve services, increase accountability and stimulate economic activity is to publish open data online. The vision for New York City as a data platform earned wider attention last year, when the Big Apple’s first chief digital officer, Rachel Sterne, pitched the idea to the…
Esther Dyson on health data, “preemptive healthcare” and the next big thing
Dyson says it's time to focus on maintaining good health, as opposed to healthcare.
If we look ahead to the next decade, it’s worth wondering whether the way we think about health and health care will have shifted. Will health care technology be a panacea? Will it drive even higher costs, creating a broader divide between digital haves and have-nots? Will opening health data empower patients or empower companies?
As ever, there will…
Mr. Issa logs on from Washington
The tech entrepreneur turned legislator on open government, data, regulatory reform and his new foundation.
An interview with Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) on open government, personal data ownership, a digital Bill of Rights, Internet freedom, regulation, and more.
Democratizing data, and other notes from the Open Source convention
Health care track draws a small and passionate core
There has been enormous talk over the past few years of open data and what it can do for society, but proponents have largely come to admit: data is not democratizing in itself. This topic is hotly debated, and a nice summary of the viewpoints is available in this PDF containing articles by noted experts. At the…
Should the Freedom of Information Act extend to data in private companies?
Rep. Issa expressed support for reforming FOIA to include personal data held by companies.
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which gives the people and press the right to access information from government, is one of the pillars of open government in the modern age. In the United States, FOIA is relatively new — it was originally enacted on July 4, 1966. As other countries around the world enshrine the principle into…
Does the Open Government Partnership merit more oversight and attention?
Rep. Issa weighs on on the Open Government Partnership and international treaties.
There are any number of responsibilities and challenges inherent in moving forward with the historic Open Government Partnership (OGP) that…
Uncertain prospects for the DATA Act in the Senate
If legislative efforts to standardize federal government spending data founder in the U.S. Senate, it's a missed opportunity.
The old adage that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure” is often applied to organizations in today’s data-drenched world. Given the enormity of the United States federal government, breaking down the estimated $3.7 trillion dollars in the 2012 budget into its individual allocations, much less drilling down to…
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