Topic: Todd Park

Chief Technology Officer Todd Park is scrutinized for his role as a "change agent" at Health and Human Services and his founding of AthenaHealth. The hosts highlight a potential conflict of interest regarding AthenaHealth's sponsorship of the "Health Datapalooza" conference while Park serves in the government.

Chief Technology Officer Todd Park promotes a new executive order making government information open and machine-readable by default. The initiative aims to increase transparency in the medical industry, where Medicare mandates for electronic record-keeping are revealing massive price discrepancies for identical procedures across different hospitals.

U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park speaks at the Social Good Summit about "jiu-jitsu-ing" government data to make it usable for entrepreneurs. The hosts mock his use of buzzwords and "awesomeness" to describe bureaucratic tasks. The segment concludes with a critique of the California high-speed rail project, specifically the funding of the Fresno to Bakersfield section.

U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park hosted the third annual Health Datapalooza, an event promoting the use of "liberated" government health data for private app development. Park, a former Booz Allen Hamilton consultant, invited musician Jon Bon Jovi to speak about his "Soul Kitchen" initiative. Critics view the event as a front for securing government contracts and a distraction from systemic hospital errors.