Leverage Health Heads to Health Dataplaooza 2015

June 1, 2015, MT KISCO, NY –– Leverage Health (LH) is excited to participate in this year’s Health Datapalooza, presented by the Health Data Consortium (HDC)

Health Datapalooza, now in its sixth year, attracts more than 2,000 innovators from across the healthcare industry – investors, entrepreneurs, providers, payers, researchers and others – who are driving the future use of health data.

The event’s faculty is comprised of participants representing diverse perspectives on the increasing use of data to transform healthcare from prevention to diagnosis to treatment and beyond. Keynote speakers include representatives from the federal government, the healthcare industry, the tech world and more, including U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell; Bruce Broussard, President and Chief Executive Officer of Humana; and Aaron Levie, Co-founder of Box.

As Co-Chair of the Impact Track, Leverage Health SVP Marshall Votta collaborated with HDC leadership to develop topics and recruit speakers from organizations such as Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Blue Shield of California, CareMore, North Shore Long Island, Oliver Wyman, Premera, Rite-Aid, Triple Tree, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, U.S. News and World Report, Walgreens and Walmart.

Events runs from May 31 through June 3 at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C.  The four-day program includes live App Demos, breakout sessions, workshops, challenge launches and the announcement of the Health Data Liberators Award winner. Health Datapalooza attendees also have the opportunity to interact with the technologies and tools discussed throughout the event through exhibits and a “Genius Bar.”

To register for Health Datapalooza 2015 and view the full event schedule, visit www.healthdatapalooza.org. Be part of the conversation on Twitter with #hdpalooza.

About Leverage Health – Leverage Health (LH) is a team of healthcare industry veterans — business development professionals, strategists, operators and technologists — who have joined forces to identify high-potential companies and accelerate their growth.  By providing business, market and corporate development services, LH builds relationships between innovative companies and their customers.     Visit www.leveragehealth.com.

About the Health Data Consortium
The Health Data Consortium is a collaboration among government, non-profit, and private sector organizations working to promote the accessibility, liquidity and responsible use of health data to ignite disruptive innovation and improve the patient experience. We will realize this mission through policy, education and targeted programs. The Consortium promotes health data best practices and information sharing; and works with businesses, entrepreneurs, and academia to help them understand how to use data to develop new products, services, apps and research insights. Learn more at www.healthdataconsortium.org or @hdconsortium on Twitter.