Polling Open (Right of Screen)

Polling is open to provide feedback for the following areas:

• What do you think about our application name: VA MedPulse? (Don't forget to respond to the poll and provide suggestions in the comments section of this post)

• Check out the VA MedPulse application dashboard. When you're done come back and provide feedback!

• Do you think we're headed in the right direction?

Thank you for your support as we continue developing our application to present this afternoon at the 2015 Datathon Challenge!!

Check Out Version 2.1!!!

Thanks to all that answered the polls and provided additional feedback through email and comments.

Check out VA MedPulse v2.1 incorporating changes from user feedback and additional datasets.

Free, as in Speech (Cool Tools)

We're halfway through day 2 of the 2015 Datathon Challenge and want to provide some information on the tools and resources we used throughout the challenge.

The cool thing about VA MedPulse is that it is completely free for commercial use. VA MedPulse uses open source technology for application programming interfaces (API) and free community licenses. A few of the useful tools include:

• Font Awesome - Fonts
• Blogspot - Blogging
• Rally Dev - Project Management | Community Version
• GitHub - Source E-Control
• Jvectormap - Mapping Tool
• Microsoft Visual Studio Community Edition - Application Development

Yes, we are Mobile Friendly :-)

Mobile First is a relatively new concept which is now being picked-up by a number of leading web design experts and is very much rooted as an emerging trend in modern web design. As the name suggests, mobile first is basically about designing and developing responsive websites for smaller screen sizes first; and then serving additional code for normal or larger screen sizes. Traditionally many web designers have built for desktop screen sizes first, and then applied supplementary code and adaptations for smaller screen sizes. Mobile-first reverses this idea and places emphasis on designing and building with mobile devices in-mind first.

Testing for Mobile Phone

Testing for Tablet

Day 1 - Retrospective

The DMV Data Drivers are wrapping up day 1 of the Datathon Challenge by providing a retrospective for day 1.

Our electronic KANBAN Board (Rally Dev) shown below provides an overview of the work that was completed during day 1 of the challenge and the work that will continue into day 2.

Lessons Learned

• Check hardware and system access
• Conduct a thorough analysis of available data sets prior to the start

What Went Well

• Integration of Agile methodology and tools under extreme time constraints
• Overcame obstacles quickly when they were identified

Application Datasets - Sources

In this post the DMV Data Drivers will be tracking the sources and datasets used to create the VA MedPulse application.

Datathon rules indicate that teams must utilize at least two data from Data.Virginia.gov in two different domains. Datasets that were used from this domain include:

• Data.Virginia.gov, Commonwealth Data Point, Demographic Data, State Population, Cities and Counties
• http://datapoint.apa.virginia.gov/demographic/demographics_data.cfm

• Data.Virginia.gov, Commonwealth Data Point, Demographic Data, State Population, Towns
• http://datapoint.apa.virginia.gov/demographic/demographics_data.cfm

• Data.Virginia.gov, Health and Human Services, Department of Emergency Medical Assistance Services, Virginia Medicaid Provider Directory
• http://data.virginia.gov/hhr/

• Data.Virginia.gov, Health and Human Services, Virginia Department of Health Professionals, Doctor Profile Data
• http://data.virginia.gov/hhr/

Data sources outside of Data.Virginia.gov include:

• Center for Decease Control, Interactive Health Data, Hypertension, Ages 20+
• http://205.207.175.93/HDI/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=75

• Center for Decease Control, Interactive Health Data, Cholesterol Ages 20+
• http://205.207.175.93/HDI/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=74

• Center for Decease Control, Interactive Health Data, Obesity Ages 2-19
• http://205.207.175.93/HDI/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=543

• Center for Decease Control, Interactive Health Data, Vaccinations for Influenza and Pneumonia, Ages 1+
• http://205.207.175.93/HDI/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=677

Virginia DMV with Governor, pitching a dashboard for finding physicians by area and tracking geographic blind spots

dmvdatadrivers.blogspot feeds - API

Note:These full-site feeds are real-time enabled; developers can subscribe to low-latency updates by using the PubSubHubbub protocol.

• Atom 1.0: http://dmvdatadrivers.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
• RSS 2.0: http://dmvdatadrivers.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

Comments-only feed:

• Atom 1.0: http://dmvdatadrivers.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default
• RSS 2.0: http://dmvdatadrivers.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=rss

Label-specific site feed:

• Atom 1.0: http://www.googleblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/privacy
• RSS 2.0: http://www.googleblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss/-/privacy

Individual post comment feed:

Note: You can find the postId of an individual post from the Posting | Edit Posts tab. Simply mouseover the 'Edit' link next to a particular post, and that postId will be displayed in your browser's status bar.

• Atom 1.0: http://dmvdatadrivers.blogspot.com/feeds/postId/comments/default
• RSS 2.0: http://dmvdatadrivers.blogspot.com/feeds/postId/comments/default?alt=rss

Aneesh Chopra - Datathon Challenge Featured Speaker

Aneesh was the featured speaker during the 2015 Datathon Challenge where he focused on the concepts of Open Data and the value of Application Programming Interfaces (API).

Check out Aneesh Chopra's video discussing "How New Technologies Can Transform Government". 

Virginia MedPulse Search Function (Process Flow)

Lekecia and Josh have completed the "VA MedPulse" search function process flow. Murali is in the process of making this a reality within the application. Stay tuned!

Search Function Mockup

We've mocked up the search functions that are currently under development by Murali and Josh.

Additional Features To Come

• Interactive Mapping
• Patient Ratings & Feedback Forms
• Interactive Dashboard & Reporting

DMV Data Drivers - Action Photos

Snapshot of the DMV Data Drivers at work!

Remember to check back later today for polls and to preview our solution!

The Challenge Begins!

Good morning!

The DMV Data Drivers are kicking off the 2015 Datathon Challenge with a focus on providing a solution to increase access to healthcare for Virginians.

The team will continue to update the blog over the next 48 hours with photos, polls, application mockups, and other exciting development news.

Please leave comments and recommendations to help improve the solution!