Hacking Health

[Herb Lainchbury]

At the Canadian Open Data Summit we held an evening event called the "Leader's Summit" where we discussed two main themes (see James' notes here).

One of the strategies we discussed was reaching out to other established communities.  

I think Hacking Health is potentially one of those opportunities.  

http://www.hackinghealth.ca/

Although, it appears to be about making apps (which I know we've heard enough about) it does not make reference to open data, so I think this is an opportunity for some open data hackers to show up at the event and create health related projects using open data.  Some of the folks there won't have heard of open data and since it's not the topic of the event it mightn't come up otherwise.

I would encourage people to check it out as an opportunity to get open data into other circles.

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[Gerry Tychon-2]

I participated in one of the Hacking Health events last year and your right Herb, there is no real awareness of open data. And the focus tended to be on "apps".

Related, I also felt that the HH folks could benefit from some activity related to open data. I suggested having a Hacking Health Cafe event tied into Open Data Day. That didn't seem to go anywhere.

Still, I think open data has potential for improved health and well being. For example, I have read (and I wish I could remember where) that the publishing of restaurant inspections leads to a decrease in hospital admissions dealing with food poisoning.

And I think it would be good to have the status of emergency rooms available via some kind of API. You could then build a much smarter estimate of wait times.

... ggt

 

On 31/03/2014 11:31 AM, Herb Lainchbury wrote:

At the Canadian Open Data Summit we held an evening event called the "Leader's Summit" where we discussed two main themes (see James' notes here).

One of the strategies we discussed was reaching out to other established communities.  

I think Hacking Health is potentially one of those opportunities.  

http://www.hackinghealth.ca/

Although, it appears to be about making apps (which I know we've heard enough about) it does not make reference to open data, so I think this is an opportunity for some open data hackers to show up at the event and create health related projects using open data.  Some of the folks there won't have heard of open data and since it's not the topic of the event it mightn't come up otherwise.

I would encourage people to check it out as an opportunity to get open data into other circles.

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[David H. Mason]

I participated in the last Hacking Health in Montreal and know one of the organizers.

They are aware that the focus of HH events is too narrow and are considering changing the focus to three streams; commercial applications, applications within the hospital system, and open source/open data.

I think this is a reasonable response, and am hoping to be involved in the open source/data stream. Although getting judges to recognize innovation beyond vapour and certain keywords (patents!) is another matter.

David

On 31 March 2014 13:59, Gerry Tychon <[hidden email]> wrote:

I participated in one of the Hacking Health events last year and your right Herb, there is no real awareness of open data. And the focus tended to be on "apps".

Related, I also felt that the HH folks could benefit from some activity related to open data. I suggested having a Hacking Health Cafe event tied into Open Data Day. That didn't seem to go anywhere.

Still, I think open data has potential for improved health and well being. For example, I have read (and I wish I could remember where) that the publishing of restaurant inspections leads to a decrease in hospital admissions dealing with food poisoning.

And I think it would be good to have the status of emergency rooms available via some kind of API. You could then build a much smarter estimate of wait times.

... ggt

 

On 31/03/2014 11:31 AM, Herb Lainchbury wrote:

At the Canadian Open Data Summit we held an evening event called the "Leader's Summit" where we discussed two main themes (see James' notes here).

One of the strategies we discussed was reaching out to other established communities.  

I think Hacking Health is potentially one of those opportunities.  

http://www.hackinghealth.ca/

Although, it appears to be about making apps (which I know we've heard enough about) it does not make reference to open data, so I think this is an opportunity for some open data hackers to show up at the event and create health related projects using open data.  Some of the folks there won't have heard of open data and since it's not the topic of the event it mightn't come up otherwise.

I would encourage people to check it out as an opportunity to get open data into other circles.

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[Herb Lainchbury]

Yes, I think open data has a lot to offer in the health space.

You may be referring to the story David refers to here: http://eaves.ca/2011/01/31/how-yelp-could-help-save-millions-in-health-care-costs/

Two more examples:

There's always this example which saved an average of £27m a month of potentially unnecessary expenditures in the UK.

https://theodi.org/news/prescription-savings-worth-millions-identified-odi-incubated-company

And there is also Rufus' talk from the LIFT conference a couple of years ago which has a shocking story where open data might have helped if it had been available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cRtbA_d4RI  (heath related story starts at 7:46)

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On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Gerry Tychon <[hidden email]> wrote:

I participated in one of the Hacking Health events last year and your right Herb, there is no real awareness of open data. And the focus tended to be on "apps".

Related, I also felt that the HH folks could benefit from some activity related to open data. I suggested having a Hacking Health Cafe event tied into Open Data Day. That didn't seem to go anywhere.

Still, I think open data has potential for improved health and well being. For example, I have read (and I wish I could remember where) that the publishing of restaurant inspections leads to a decrease in hospital admissions dealing with food poisoning.

And I think it would be good to have the status of emergency rooms available via some kind of API. You could then build a much smarter estimate of wait times.

... ggt

 

On 31/03/2014 11:31 AM, Herb Lainchbury wrote:

At the Canadian Open Data Summit we held an evening event called the "Leader's Summit" where we discussed two main themes (see James' notes here).

One of the strategies we discussed was reaching out to other established communities.  

I think Hacking Health is potentially one of those opportunities.  

http://www.hackinghealth.ca/

Although, it appears to be about making apps (which I know we've heard enough about) it does not make reference to open data, so I think this is an opportunity for some open data hackers to show up at the event and create health related projects using open data.  Some of the folks there won't have heard of open data and since it's not the topic of the event it mightn't come up otherwise.

I would encourage people to check it out as an opportunity to get open data into other circles.

H

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