As health IT becomes a growing part of the national agenda, it’s only fitting that leaders of the health 2.0 movement bring the Health 2.0 Conference, which originated in San Francisco in 2007, to Washington, DC.   Conference attendees varied from companies, to physicians, to patient advocates, to government officials, all there to share technologies and discuss both the challenges and opportunities that these technologies bring.  Led by conference organizers Matthew Holt and Indu Subaiya, topics of discussion included driving adoption, the role of the consumer, data liberation, and much more.

Farzad Mostashari, Deputy Director of the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, gave one of the keynote addresses.  Since part of Mostashari’s job is to manage the taxpayers’ investment in health IT, he shared five principles that the Office uses to aid in applying the “meaningful use” standard required by law:

1)   Put the patient and their interests in the center

2)   Focus on the outcomes, not the technology

3)   Foster innovation using the market

4)   Watch out for the little guy (interoperability)

5)   Monitor and adapt (be evidence based)

If you’d like to add input or join the conversation, Mostashari recommends engaging on the recently launched Federal Advisory Community blog.

The conference concluded with Federal CTO, Aneesh Chopra, delivering a striking keynote, which you can watch below.  A firm believer in the power of participation and collaboration, Chopra was proud to be a part of the conference announcement of the “Health 2.0 Developer Challenge”, a project to bring together people with relevant expertise to work together on Health 2.0 projects.

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