Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Aligning Forces For Quality Challenge
Webinar Presentation
Friday, November 4 2:00 PM ET
On Today’s Call:
Mike Painter, MD JD
Senior Program Officer
RWJF
JL Neptune, MD MBA
Senior Vice President
Health 2.0
Agenda for Today’s Meeting
RWJF and the Aligning Forces for Quality initiative
Introduction to the RWJF - AF4Q Challenge
Data 101
Q&A
Aligning Forces for Quality Developer Challenge
Aligning Forces Markets
“To develop an application that helps patients access better health care using publicly
available inpatient and outpatient measures of health care quality from the AF4Q program”
The Challenge
• Create a decision making support application
• That allows users to access inpatient and outpatient health resources
• Think about creating something like “Turbo Tax” for health data
• Data from the Challenge will come from AF4Q program sites
Challenge Details
Judging Criteria
1) Creativity and innovation
2) Design, usability and intuitiveness of application
3) Potential impact to improve the quality of care for application users
4) Effective integration of data from AF4Q sources into the application
5) Ability to demonstrate real world impact (Phase II)
Prizes
Phase I 5 Semi-finalist Teams will receive travel to an AF4Q meeting
to present their applications
Phase II First Place: $100,000
Plus inclusion of the application on the 16 AF4Q sites, and lunch with Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, CEO of the RWJF
Second Place: $25,000
Third Place: $5,000
Timeline
Phase I Submission Period Ends December 31, 2011
Phase II Development Begins Early January 2012
Phase II Development Period Ends Late April 2012
Winner Announced June 2012, HDI Successor Day
How To Enter
1) Teams must register for the challenge to gain access to the available datasets
2) A registration button and related link for the challenge can be found at the top of the right hand column of the challenge page
3) No additional forms or steps required after submission of the registration form
4) Instructions on how to submit an entry will be sent prior to the close of the submission deadline
The Data
Data Terms
“Use of provided data for reasons other than those delineated in the purposes of the Challenge is strictly prohibited. Failure to
comply with proscribed data terms is a violation of the terms and conditions put forth in this agreement. Unacceptable use of data
includes, but is not limited to, its access for non-challenge related purposes, extraction for other databases, replication or dissemination. The sponsor and administrator make no
representations or warranties with respect to the data provided, and any and all implied warranties with respect thereto are
expressly disclaimed.”
Data Use
1) Use any or all of the available data sources
2) Participants should attempt to incorporate as many data points from the AF data set as possible
3) Mashing up with publicly available non-proprietary data sources is allowed
For More Information
http://www.health2challenge.org?p=6506
Contact Jean-Luc Neptune:
Q & A