SAN FRANCISCO- Health 2.0 and the National Cancer Institute are proud to announce the two winners of the Enabling Community Use of Data for Cancer Prevention and Control Challenge, a part of the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge.
For this challenge, developers were asked to create a web based and mobile application using datasets from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS). The winning applications will grant consumers, providers and policymakers access to the cancer data relevant to their communities allowing for the knowledge and improvement of health and wellness behaviors.
The National Cancer Institute coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.
And the winners are:
- Ozioma - uses local health data sets to inform media sources, enhancing the relevancy of health related news stories. View the solution
- GSAREH - uses geospatial research to inform users of cancer related information in their communities. View the solution
Abdul R Shaikh, Program Director, Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch
at the National Cancer Institute said of the results: “With NCI’s commitment to supporting transdisciplinary collaboration to enable broader application of population health data, we were very pleased to see the high quality of entries submitted to the Challenge. NCI will continue exploring innovative ways to engage developers, entrepreneurs, and health scientists to build upon the communication science evidence-base for cancer prevention and control.”
The winners of this challenge are to be awarded a trip to and a speaking role at the 2011 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences in Koloa, Kauai.
If developers missed out on this challenge, there are still many ongoing online Developer Challenges on the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge website. See www.health2challenge.org for more information.
About the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge: The 2010 Health 2.0 Developer Challenge was launched on June 2, 2010 at the Community Health Data Initiative (CHDI) meeting at the IOM, with support from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The goal of the challenge is to bring the Health 2.0 Community together for rapid application development, both online and in physical code-a-thons. For more see www.health2challenge.org.
About Health 2.0: The Health 2.0 Conference is the leading showcase of cutting-edge technologies in health care, including Online Communities, Search and lightweight Tools for consumers to manage their health and connect to providers online. The next Health 2.0 conference is on October 7-8 in San Francisco, the culmination of Health Innovation Week. For more information, see www.health2con.com.
About NCI: NCI, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was established by Congress in 1937 and is the leading Federal agency and the world’s largest organization solely dedicated to cancer-related research (including health communication and informatics), training, and dissemination of information. As the leader of the National Cancer Program, NCI also provides vision and leadership to the global cancer community. For more information, see www.cancer.gov.
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