Congratulations to the winners of the

Aligning Forces for Quality Games to Generate Data Challenge

And to the winners of the

RWJF Hospital Price Transparency Visualization Challenge

"The games these teams have created in this challenge have the potential to help transform health care. We are very proud to be fostering this kind of innovation." —Mike Painter, JD, MD Senior Program Officer

AF4Q Games to Generate Data Challenge

We challenged video game developers to leverage data from Aligning Forces for Quality, the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program, and other databases to create games that engage patients and health providers in generating new quality data.

Winners were announced at Health 2.0's fall conference.

  • First Place: Edward Kim and James Park, wHealth
  • Second Place: Swatee Surve, Litesprite
  • Third Place: Chris Bartek, Slawdog

Learn more about the winners and see the games in action

Hospital Price Transparency Challenge

We challenged information technology specialists to use recently released CMS hospital price data to build visualizations of the data and applications & tools that can help consumers make better decisions. Winners of the applications & tools category will be announced in December at the mHealth Summit.

Winners of the visualization challenge were announced at the Health 2.0 fall conference in two categories—static and interactive.

Static Visualization Winners

  • First Place: Esther Chak and Mary-Jo Valentino, "So You Need Knee Replacement Surgery"
  • Second Place: Edward Kim, "wHealth"
  • Third Place: Melvin Hill, "Hospital Prices and Consumer Assessment"

Interactive Visualization Winners

  • First Place: Adam McCann, "Optimal Hospital"
  • Second Place: Drake Pruitt, Mauro Brunato and Roberto Battiti, "Clinic Optimizer"
  • Third Place: Sagar Sawant, "CrystalCare"

See the winners' innovative takes on the data

Better Data

How Better Data Can Lead Us to Better Health

Learn about inspiring uses of open health data to transform the future of health.

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Price Transparency

Transparency in Health Care Pricing

Data shows pricing for common inpatient procedures varies greatly, and allows consumers to see how hospital charges in their area compare nationally and regionally for the same procedure.

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