$3 Million Health Care Analytics Challenge

If you read the actual contest summary page (https://www.theheritagehealthprize.com/Page/MediaCenter) it states "A total of three million dollars will be awarded to Teams who achieve the benchmark targets set out for this competition."

This is quite different from a single $3MM award to one team. Also why it's better to post the original source than a blog piece that's just an (inaccurate) rehash.

Curiously, nothing more specific about data availability than "registration will open in 2011, after the launch of the Prize."

Also, the competition is expected to run for approximately two years. They will require teams " . . . to be bound by final competition rules, sign a Master Team Agreement and pay a modest registration fee."

I work in clinical informatics and am eager to see a sample of their datasets though.

Requiring insurance is a significant negative. I have difficulty understanding what liability a competitor in an algorithm design contest could have. Shows how much the medical profession is handtied by excessive liability.

Someone should mention the $3m prizepool to Microsoft.