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Prior to joining HHS, he was the co-founder of two successful Health IT companies, [[Athenahealth]] and Castlight Health. In one interview, he noted that his goal at Athenahealth was "Healthcare IT, not technology sitting there naked and expensive and not very effective and efficient at actually helping, but technology utilized to help re-architect the business and care processes in healthcare to make it more efficient and effective and to help consumer-directed healthcare and pay-for-performance move along more expeditiously." <ref>[http://histalk2.com/2008/09/15/histalk-interviews-todd-park-athenahealth-co-founder/ HISTalk Interviews Athenaheath co-founder Todd Park]</ref> That has continued to be his goal at HHS. |
Prior to joining HHS, he was the co-founder of two successful Health IT companies, [[Athenahealth]] and Castlight Health. In one interview, he noted that his goal at Athenahealth was "Healthcare IT, not technology sitting there naked and expensive and not very effective and efficient at actually helping, but technology utilized to help re-architect the business and care processes in healthcare to make it more efficient and effective and to help consumer-directed healthcare and pay-for-performance move along more expeditiously." <ref>[http://histalk2.com/2008/09/15/histalk-interviews-todd-park-athenahealth-co-founder/ HISTalk Interviews Athenaheath co-founder Todd Park]</ref> That has continued to be his goal at HHS. |
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He was born in 1973 to Korean immigrant parents. His father was a chemical engineer, who reportedly had "more patents than anybody in Dow Chemical’s history except for Dr. Dow himself."<ref>[http://histalk2.com/2008/09/15/histalk-interviews-todd-park-athenahealth-co-founder/ HISTalk Interviews Athenaheath co-founder Todd Park]</ref> Todd graduated from [[Harvard]] with a degree in economics. |
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*[http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/CommunityHealthData.aspx The Community Health Data Initiative] |
*[http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/CommunityHealthData.aspx The Community Health Data Initiative] |
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Revision as of 15:06, 9 March 2012
Todd Park is the Chief Technology Officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009. He has been a leader in bringing the notion of "big data" to healthcare. He has expressed his ambition to create an open health data platform analogous to the National Weather Service, which feeds data to commercial weather sites and applications. [1] He has also described his desire to create a "holy cow machine for healthcare" that shows waste [2].
Prior to joining HHS, he was the co-founder of two successful Health IT companies, Athenahealth and Castlight Health. In one interview, he noted that his goal at Athenahealth was "Healthcare IT, not technology sitting there naked and expensive and not very effective and efficient at actually helping, but technology utilized to help re-architect the business and care processes in healthcare to make it more efficient and effective and to help consumer-directed healthcare and pay-for-performance move along more expeditiously." [3] That has continued to be his goal at HHS.
He was born in 1973 to Korean immigrant parents. His father was a chemical engineer, who reportedly had "more patents than anybody in Dow Chemical’s history except for Dr. Dow himself."[4] Todd graduated from Harvard with a degree in economics.
He is married, with two children.
References
- ^ Making community health information as useful as weather data, Alexander Howard, The O'Reilly Radar, June 2, 2010
- ^ Creating a Holy Cow Machine For Healthcare, O'Reilly Media Gov 2.0 Summit, September 8, 2010
- ^ HISTalk Interviews Athenaheath co-founder Todd Park
- ^ HISTalk Interviews Athenaheath co-founder Todd Park
External Links
- Can HHS CTO Todd Park Revolutionize the Health Care Industry?
- HISTalk Interviews Athenaheath co-founder Todd Park
- The Community Health Data Initiative
- Shwen Gwee interviews Todd Park (HHS) and Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media) @ SXSW 2011, March 2011
- The World's Leading Data Scientists: #5, Todd Park, Forbes, November 2, 2011.
- Unlocking Innovation Through Data