1.
MY FAVORITE HEALTH
DATA SETS
Charles Ornstein
@charlesornstein
March 12, 2016

2.
Tipsheets
•http://bit.ly/newecosystem
•http://bit.ly/healthdatafaves

3.
Inspection reports
•Government inspectors are the
public’s eyes and ears inside health
facilities. Their findings (deficiencies)
are public record.
•http://bit.ly/nursinghomeinspections
•http://bit.ly/hospitalinspections

4.
http://projects.propublica.org/nursing-homes/

5.
http://www.hospitalinspections.org/

6.
Opioid epidemic
•The Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services releases a ton of
data on which doctors prescribe the
most narcotics.
•http://bit.ly/opioiddata

7.
http://bit.ly/opioiddata

8.
Pharma/device payments
https://www.cms.gov/openpayments/index.html

9.
https://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/

10.
Patient privacy violations
https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf

11.
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/healthcare-data-breaches

12.
https://projects.propublica.org/hipaa/

13.
EXPLORE AWAY!