Anthony Broad-Crawford

DataPortability is a joint effort between Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, Plaxo, LinkedIn, and others allows users to bring their identity, friends, conversations, files and histories with them to new platforms without having to manually add them. Each of the services can draw on this information relevant to the context. As experiences accumulate and users add or change data, this information will update on other sites and services if they permit it, without having to revisit others to re-enter it.

Data portability is a new approach, where it is easier to use and deliver services. This frictionless movement through the network of services fosters stronger relationships between people and services providers and helps build a healthy networked ecosystem.

I currently serve on the Board of directors, acting Secretary and, chair the health care task force.

The Open Web Foundation is an attempt to create a home for community-driven specifications. Following the open source model similar to the Apache Software Foundation, the foundation is aimed at building a lightweight framework to help communities deal with the legal requirements necessary to create successful and widely adopted specification.

Health care companies, whether they are small technology start-ups or established health care organizations, are endeavoring to create value by utilizing the internet to streamline data portability. Their ultimate goal is to package information in a way that helps consumers manage their health more effectively. However, companies are encountering time-consuming and expensive challenges presented by the myriad of standards activities and interoperability strategies clouding the industry’s innovative progress.  The Health 2.0 Accelerator is a collaborative effort between the leading technology health care companies. These companies all share a goal to accelerate value creation that can transform the industry and ultimately improve the consumer experience.