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From: GHDonline (Sarah Arnquist) <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:03 PM
Subject: [Health IT] Health 2.0 Developer Challenge Sponsored by HHS
To: Thomas Odeny <taodeny at gmail.com>


Sarah Arnquist added a new discussion to the Health IT community.

Title: Health 2.0 Developer Challenge Sponsored by HHS

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"Health2Challenge.org

Today is the formal kick-off of the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge. The
challenge was first announced by Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra on June 2nd at
the Community Health Data Initiative (CHDI) meeting, and it's partly a
continuation of the great work done within CHDI, and partly an expansion of
the cod-a-thon/developer camp effort to the whole Health 2.0 community. The
challenge is supported by HHS. It?s being run by the Health 2.0 Conference,
with partners O?Reilly, Internet2, Sunlight Labs, Healthtap & the Health 2.0
Accelerator.

Anyone can submit a challenge or join a team to solve a challenge. But the
goal is to get the health care and developer communities working on building
new innovative applications in rapid-fire time.

The Challenge has two parts: online and offline. The online challenge
process has officially begins today?there are four challenges up already and
we have several others in the queue, but we?re looking for more!

Four challenges are officially open for competition!

   * Whyville challenges game developers to build tools for their arcade to
help kids understand and apply health data. The kids will vote on the
winner!
   * Move your apps; a challenge to develop an app for the Android platform
that helps users burn calories, brought to you by Snaptic & Hopelab.
   * Practice Fusion's Real Time Patient-Driven Data Challenge invites
developers to build applications that connect to the Practice Fusion EMR
platform.
   * The Szollosi Healthcare Innovation Program wants to see whether a
lightweight EMR can be built with blog and wiki software.
   * And??Your challenge here!!

Here?s the link to the challenges page

Teams will be working on challenges over the course of the summer. Selected
winners from the challenges will be showcased at the Fall Health 2.0
Conference, and we?ll be building an online community of challengers and
teams in the coming weeks.

Want to meet other developers and code in real time? That?s the
offline/real-life part. Through a series of formal and informal
?code-a-thons?, multi-disciplinary teams will work on specific solutions
within priority areas identified in advance. The teams will compete in a
stimulating environment to build real applications. And yes, there?ll be
prizes (and food to keep you going)!

Health 2.0 will host a series of physical events leading up to the final
Challenge during the Health 2.0 Annual Conference (October 6-9, 2010) the
culminating event of Health Innovation Week, October 3-10, in San Francisco
CA. The first mini code-a-thon will be announced soon.

Who can take part?

   * Anyone (or any organization) who wants to issue a challenge about a
health related problem
   * Anyone who has data they want to contribute (or wants to see what data
is available already)
   * Anyone who wants to work on a challenge (whether they are already part
of a team or want to join one)
   * Anyone who wants to sponsor the Health 2.0 Challenge effort with prizes
or funding

Come to Health2Challenge.org to learn more, sign up and participate!

SUPPORTED BY

HHS

PARTNERS

accelerator oreilly sunlight zinternet2 healthtap"

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