Department of Health & Human Services 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

VizRisk is the first-ever behavioral health data visualization challenge hosted by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Its goal is to foster increased utilization, innovation, and critical analyses of publically available but underutilized government health data to better inform personal and health policy decisions. This 3 month challenge, July 28th to October, 28th 2014 will call on talented designers, coders, data scientists, public health experts, and others from around the country to analyze, organize, and visualize behavioral health risk data. We will be asking participants to use CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data in combination with other publicly available government data sets to reveal key insights, trends, and relationships. Submissions will be graphic, dynamic visualizations that combine three or more variables (e.g. showing the relationship between behavioral patterns, health risks, and medical costs). Participants are free to use any pre-existing, customized, or new tools to produce these visualizations. All submissions will be evaluated; separate sets of prizes will be awarded for excellence in each of the criteria below. A total of up to 7 prizes and $15,000 will be offered. Innovationevaluated for novel combination, integration, and application of data. Relevanceevaluated for meaningful health data relationships that are comparable across time, geographies, and populations. Designevaluated for visually appealing, elegant, intuitive interface and visualizations. Scientific Excellenceevaluated for rigorously measured relationships that adhere to the principles of scientific inquiry. The statutory authority for this challenge competition is Section 105 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111- 358).