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2. Blue Button for All Americans Contest What: – Veterans can get their health data using BB regardless of where they get their care: 22 – ~6 – >16 How: – NGOs put BB PHRs in doctors offices: 800 – 75 – <10 Why: – PHRs are new. BB is very new. Docs practice medicine. – But: Electronic Health Records, Meaningful Use: ~60 The contest: – First organization to make BB PHRs available to patients of 25K doctors across America: $50K 2

3. Blue Button for All Americans Contest The Result: We have a winner. 28 – 200 – 17 Contest was a catalyst: – Aetna – CMS – DoD/TRICARE – Iatric – McKesson/RelayHealth - Patients Like Me – United Health Group – Vermont BluePrint for Health – Walgreens – Others http://bluebuttondata.org/about.php http://bluebuttondata.org/about.php BB Users: – 9/10: 3,000 – 9/11: 80M+ 3

4. Blue Button for All Americans Contest Legal Issues: – Authority and Funding – Advisory Committees – Paperwork Reduction Act – Privacy Act – Liability and Insurance – Intellectual Property – Judging – Contact info: james.speros@va.gov 4