Blue Button Challenge
Submission Deadline
Submissions are ClosedContact
Prizes
- $2,500 + Coffee with Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody and Cognitive Surplus
Adobe Systems
Team Members
Michael JacksonBackground
Having your medical information available when you receive care can be life-saving. The idea for this challenge started with a simple question: “Why isn’t there a little button that I can click to download my health information? A little blue button.”
Federal agencies are leading by example in demonstrating how patients could download their personal health information with the click of a button. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services have made sample (i.e., not real patient information) data sets publicly available as examples of the types of information that beneficiaries may access at their secure websites.
Description
Now, we are looking for your creativity and know-how to bring this data to life.
The requirements are simple:
- Develop a web-based tool that uses sample data from CMS or VA to help patients stay healthy and manage their care. Data can be downloaded here.
- Demonstrate how your tool is consistent with the recommended practices of the Markle Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information in at least 2 of the practice areas.
Review Panel
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- Craig Newmark
- Founder - Craigslist
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- Steve Downs
- Chief Technology and Information Officer - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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- Steve Findlay
- Senior Health Policy Analyst - Consumers Union
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- James Ralston
- Associate Investigator - Group Health Research Institute
Evaluation Criteria
All entries will be judged by a small panel convened by Markle and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation based on the following criteria:
- Usefulness to patients in helping them stay healthy or manage their care.
- Potential to impact health and well-being by addressing high-priority health goals.
- Platform neutral (can be accessed by a consumer with simple web browser).
- Usability / ease of use.
Timeline
- Deadline for Submissions: Saturday, September 25, 2010