“HHS’ technology office has faced a run of departures in recent days as chief technology officer Ed Simcox and key deputies have left.”
“Simcox told Morning eHealth that while it ‘looks like there’s a cluster of us leaving at the same time,’ the agency has seen many departures to the private sector over the years.”
“Sandeep Patel, KidneyX director and HHS’ Open Innovation Manager, plans to leave the office in the coming weeks, he announced in a blog post. Margeaux Akazawa, director of internal innovation programs, left that office last week, according a source familiar with her plans.”
“What does it mean for kidney health prize challenge KidneyX and other flagship programs? While an HHS spokesperson said associate deputy secretary and senior adviser Will Brady is overseeing the CTO’s office, she didn’t comment on the future of projects like KidneyX or Unify, the data-sharing platform designed to cut down duplicative research at HHS.” Read the full newsletter here.
Source: Tech giants set to win lobbying battle on open data – By Darius Tahir, February 19, 2020. POLITICO Morning eHealth.
