Resources

Datasets + Documents

Hacking Healthcare Entrepreneurship: A Startup Guide Inspired by MIT’s Hacking Medicine
In this ebook by the Kauffman Foundation, you’ll learn about the Hacking Medicine processes and hear from companies who got their start at a Hacking Medicine event

Healthcare Collaboration Playbook
This document by the Kauffman Foundation serves to outline how to have successful collaboration between various parties.

Country Health Rankings
Health indicators at the country level

Hospital Quality Comparison
Produced by the CMS to show satisfaction ratings from surveys at individual entity (hospital) level

National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Produced by the AHRQ to show effectiveness, efficiency & safety of care (differences by race/ethnicity, income, etc.) on the national & state level

The State of the USA
Provides data on overall health & economic status at the individual community level

Postmarket Drug Surveillance Programs
Produced by the FDA showing adverse drug effects reports

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Cost Report Data
Shows the cost of delivering Medicare/Medicaid services at different types of facilities

Part B National Summary Data File
Provides procedure code data of Medicare services and payments

Medicare Health Outcomes Survey
Provides data from the Medicare beneficiary survey on health status indicators (e.g. How many diabetics had an eye exam this year)

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Participation and Cost Data
Produced by the USDA showing participation & cost of service on the state level

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Cost Data
Produced by the USDA showing SNAP participation & cost of service on the state level

The Office of Women’s Health – Quick Health Data Online
Health Indicators with a focus on women (eg. mammogram rates)

Health Information Technology and Health Data Standards
Provides some standards for exchanging health data

National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services
Data on substance abuse treatment, trends, cost and facilities

Treatment Episode Data Set
Data on substance abuse treatment, patterns & costs

DataSF – Open San Francisco Data Sets
Municipal date for San Francisco

Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology
Bioinformatics

Dartmouth Atlas for Unwarranted Variation
Unwarranted variation in cost and effectiveness

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) HEDIS and Quality Measurement
Clinical measures, such as Quality Index & Relative Resource Use

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q)
Quantitative & qualitative clinical measures and patient experiences

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (CDC)
Survey of behavioral factors

Shortage Designation: Health Professional Shortage Areas & Medically Underserved Areas/Populations
Areas where there are shortages of primary care physicians

Food Deserts
Geography of nutrition

CMS Performance Data
Part C and Part D satisfaction, clinical (chronic, wellness), health entity responsiveness and determines reimbursement rates