In November HHS ASPR is hosting a day-long forum to discuss how we are using citizen-generated data, the benefits it offers, and challenges to its application.
So HHS is making content accessible on Smartphones and Social Media, how does this help me if I don’t use those things? Several have asked us such questions.
For the first time ever, the most recent round of HHSinnovates Awards featured a “People’s Choice Award”, in which all six finalists were showcased for public voting. The results were astronomical; nearly 18,000 votes were cast.
Learn more about MappyHealth, a website that tracks 25 health conditions using real-time data from the Twitter API to analyze tweets for disease trends.
One of the challenges with social media in the federal government is how to interact directly with followers. Often, we have limited capacity to reply to direct questions. Holding events such as a twitter townhall, however, allows a set timeframe for followers to directly interact with government representatives.
blog | October 2012