COVID-19 and Equity:
Data-Driven Innovation to
Bridge Disparities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
Continuing momentum from the COVID-19
At-Anywhere Diagnostics Design-a-Thon (innovation sprint), the COVID-19 TOPx Tech Sprint,
and the Open
Data for Good Grand Challenge, HHS open data fuels American innovation and
entrepreneurship for the pandemic response and recovery. This pandemic has
exposed and exacerbated health and social inequities. It provides stark
examples of enduring health disparities with disproportionate impacts falling
to racial and ethnic minority populations. Our whole-of-government response
must ensure an equitable recovery for everyone. Beyond government alone, our
whole-of-society response, including this Health Equity DataJam, can help
ensure an equitable response and recovery for all Americans.
Use government data to build digital tools with, by, and for
the people.
How can we transform raw data into actionable COVID-19 insights, digital
tools, or other innovations to improve outcomes and ameliorate disparities worsened
by the pandemic?
Potential ideas
for exploration
This challenge is
intentionally broad. For example, potential products might focus on:
- State and Local Solutions: Aid state and local public
health authorities manage data, track trends, and understand the virus in
populations and communities
- Community Innovation: Provide resources to patients,
caregivers, and other stakeholders outside of healthcare to help make key
operational decisions related to COVID-19
- Non-Laboratory Testing Data: Simplify how to track testing data from tests outside of lab
settings such as in schools, nursing homes, at home, and in other non-lab-based
settings for consumers and businesses
Curated datasets
and resources
Government links
and information to help get started:
