This year Academy Health co-located the National Health Policy Conference with Health Datapalooza. It was well executed. There were lots of great concurrent break-out sessions. Because of that, people had a hard time choosing which health data and policy sessions to attend. Some chose to divide their time between... read more →
A lot has happened over the past half-year at CareSet. We’ve moved offices, we’re rebuilding our website, and we have renamed CareSet Labs to CareSet Journal. Read on for more! We’ve moved! It has been quite the journey at the Texas Medical Center. We started as a cohort in their... read more →
"For the first time a database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration that tracks the path of every single pain pill sold in the United States - by manufacturers and distributors to pharmacies in every town and city - has been made public." -Washington Post, Drilling into the DEA's pain... read more →
Last week at CareSet we had our annual mid-year review. I was not in attendance last year, nor were a lot of current employees. We have nearly doubled in size over the last twelve months and we are still growing. A mid-year review is aptly named. We are in the... read more →
2019 was CareSet’s third attendance at the annual meeting held in San Diego. At our fist PMSA, we were two people with a lot of heart and a lot of ground to cover. This year, with a growing team and a growing reputation, it made sense to show up in... read more →
This past week, CareSet attended the 10th Annual Health Datapalooza, brought to you by Academy Health. Originally from the mind of Todd Park, Data Jedi, the world of health data is seeking to change the game. Healthcare should be people-centric. Data has the power to get there. Read some highlights from... read more →
SXSW was the best of times; it was the best of times. I can’t wrap my head around this past weekend. It was filled with late nights, early mornings, and entirely too long of days. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. My first SXSW was one for the... read more →
Now that the FTC complaint from our CTO, Fred Trotter (as well as Andrea Downing and David Harlow) has been made available to the public, and apparently Congress, it is time to announce a minor change in CareSet’s marketing strategy. CareSet is deleting its Facebook page. ... read more →
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! POTUS has signed the “Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018” which included the ‘Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act'. What does this mean? Open data, machine-readable formats, by default. With this law, it is now the responsibility for government agencies to... read more →
Six months ago I was facing a quarter-life crisis. I was working for a company who was serving high net worth individuals. Every weeknight felt like Sunday night, “Ugh. I have to go to work in the morning.” Every morning I’d get to work and of course, I enjoyed working... read more →