Presented at Health DataPalooza national conference on open data. June 4th, 2013 #HDpalooza http://healthdatapalooza.org Best way to get a hold of me is http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/WenDombrowski Mini-link to this deck is http://bit.ly/sssmapslide ; Maps are at http://bit.ly/sssmap4 & http://bit.ly/sssmap5 ; Mini-Video clip https://vine.co/v/b3t5gILmQMt ; Photos from Twitter https://twitter.com/HealthcareWen/status/342452667232174080 & https://twitter.com/HealthcareWen/status/342460960822394881 (Does anyone know how to make these SlideShare slides not look so blurry? I tried uploading PPT & PDF, but it's fuzzy still. Please email me if you know any tricks, thanks!)

1. Wen Dombrowski MD @HealthcareWen
Leah Vaughn @HealthPolicyGrp
Sandy Senior Services
on Google Crisis Map

2. Hurricane Sandy in New York
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3. Elderly disproportionately affected
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4. Where to Find Help?
Where Can Volunteers Help?
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5. • Hear storm updates
• Find resources
• Contact orgs
• Distribute info ( bit.ly/sssmap4 )
Twitter
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6. Open Data Sources  Google Spreadsheet
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7. bit.ly/helpsss
Crowdsourced Details & Updates
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8. 600 NYC + 100 LI addresses mapped
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9. http://bit.ly/sssmap2
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10. Feedback from professionals in senior
services & other community leaders:
VERY USEFUL:
• “Awesome. Thanks for this. We're using it with our work at Selfhelp.”
• “Thank you very much. This is a great resource for the community. I will
be sure to pass this along to community members.”
• “This is amazing ‐ I was just thinking of all the amazing tech potential
of companies and hoping that someone would take the lead on an
initiative like this.”
BEYOND NYC:
• Is this only for NYC? Long Island has been hit so hard.
• Is anyone from your group working with any NJ agencies?
• We need to also think about the bigger picture because of the area of
damage done by Sandy.

11. Lessons Learned
• DATA
– Power of open data & online visualization tools for civilian engagement
– Toughest part of project = 1. getting the data, 2. cleaning the data
– Make existing data sets available (political cooperation problem; not a “tech problem”)
– Crowdsource additional data
• COLLABORATE with different orgs and stakeholders
– Do so early, before a crisis
– E.g. Tech + Medical + Senior Services communities
– Involve grass roots and community based organizations.
– Public‐private partnerships
– Partner with individuals and organizations who will get stuff done
(VS. non‐committed volunteers or those who say it’s impossible to do)
• SUSTAINABILITY
– Develop tech that can manage entire lifecycle of disaster response:
Consider different needs of different stages of Relief, Recovery, Rebuilding.
– Consolidate similar projects (for example put all mappable info in one website.)
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12. What’s Next?
• Preparing for emergencies is most effective by building collaborative
relationships and information tools that are used before a crisis
• There is ongoing, everyday need for a Senior Services Map to be used by
caregivers, social services, healthcare pros, state & local gov
– Rapidly aging population
– Caregiver burden & time away from work
– Prevent hospitalizations (high ROI for every $100,000 if can avoid at ~7 admissions)
• Need funding & project owner to scale & sustain:
– Develop separate website for the map with more robust features
• Searching / filtering
• Demographic layers
• Analytics
• Way to for local experts to update data
– Expand map to other states & nationwide as an ongoing resource
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13. Questions or suggestions contact:
HelpNYCSeniors@gmail.com
Wen Dombrowski (geriatrics physician in tech and social media)
Pete Giencke (Google Crisis Response team GIS engineer)
Jimmy Shen (data analyst)
Leah (open data provider)
Council of Senior Centers and Services (distribution channel)
North Shore – LIJ (data provider and distribution channel)