Teams are required to use at least one publicly available, de-identified health data set to develop their app. Additional data sets from government (federal, state, and local) and academic institutions are encouraged. Possible sources for health data are listed below.

Links to external organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations, their datasets or programs by IOM and NAE, and none should be inferred. The IOM and NAE are not responsible for the content of the individual organization web pages found at these links.

• Health Indicators Warehouse 
  - Data on national, state, and community health indicators
  - A collaboration of many agencies and offices within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
  - Comprehensive catalog of health-related datasets from a wide range of federal agencies
• U.S. Federal Executive Branch 
  - Data from across the U.S. Executive Branch Departments and Agencies
• U.S. Census Bureau 
  - Destination for population, housing, and geography data
• National Library of Medicine 
  - Collection of data from the National Institutes of Health
• World Bank Open Data Initiative 
  - Focus on International, Business, and Education data
• Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce 
  - A joint collection from government, public health organizations, and libraries
• Sheldon Margen Public Health Library at UC Berkeley 
  - Resource for government and non-profit data sources
• RADARS^® System (Researched Abuse Diversion and Addiction-Related Surveillance) 
  - Prescription drug abuse, misuse and diversion surveillance system that collects product and geographically-specific data
  - Request specific datasets at 303.389.1233 or luke.poppish@rmpdc.org