"You change your perspective from thinking about the individual patient to thinking about the communityofpatients," saidRear Adm. AnnKnebelof the DepartmentofHealthand Human Services.
Tom Neff, director of local government services in the DepartmentofCommunity Affairs, a New Jersey state agency, says he does not foresee instances of eminent domain in the near term.
The i2 initiative builds on the success of prize competitions under the Departmentof Health and Human ServicesCommunity Health Data Initiative and the SMART Apps for Health challenge that closed last week.
The first chief technology officer of the Departmentof Health and Human Services (HHS) is doing more than just working to make community health data as useful as weather data.