The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched Data for Health, a large-scale research project designed to determine how big data can be used to improve population health.
One of the main pillars of the project will be five listening sessions designed to allow investigators to hear directly from a variety of stakeholders on how big data can best be used to improve people's health. The five sessions will be held in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Phoenix, Des Moines, Iowa, and Charleston, S.C.
Representatives from HHS and the ONC will participate in the listening sessions. "We look forward to hearing and learning from communities about their vision of how health IT beyond EHRs can advance the public's health beyond healthcare," said National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD. "We appreciate RWJF supporting this conversation and look forward to the findings as it will help shape meaningful health IT policy for our nation."
The Data for Health project is led by a group of physicians, researchers, health IT experts, government representatives and health system leaders.
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