Bruce D. Greenstein, then the secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals, launches an initiative on behavioral health in 2012. (State of Louisiana) Bruce Greenstein departs HHS CTO role After a year in the role, Greenstein is headed back to the private sector. He'll join LHC Group in June. May 22, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
(Getty Images) This year’s Health Datapalooza is all about learning from the community, leaders say Feedback from actual data users is "really helpful," HHS CTO Bruce Greenstein told FedScoop. Apr 24, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
Bruce Greenstein speaks Dec. 6, 2017, at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Opioid Symposium. (Department of Health and Human Services) At SXSW, HHS outlines the stumbling blocks to sharing data HHS CTO Bruce Greenstein sees the open data movement as a “baton” in a relay race — but it's riddled with stumbling blocks. Mar 19, 2018 By Samantha Ehlinger
(Getty Images) HHS debuts new Startup Day event with ‘Shark Tank’ pitches The event is another piece of CTO Bruce Greenstein's humility-in-government mission. Feb 6, 2018
Some of the 2017 Civic Digital Fellows at the U.S. Census Bureau. (Coding it Forward) The Civic Digital Fellowship is coming back much bigger than before This coming summer fellows will be placed among three agencies and two civic tech organizations. Dec 19, 2017
The floor of the HHS code-a-thon on Dec. 7 as teams prepared to begin pitching their final ideas. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier / FedScoop) Code-a-thon for opioid crisis delivers digital tools — and a hint of HHS culture change The idea got "funny looks" to begin with, leadership said, but the reality of the event was inspiring. Dec 8, 2017
Bruce Greenstein speaks at the HHS Opioid Symposium. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier) HHS code-a-thon on opioid crisis puts an emphasis on the human dimension Despite the potential power in the numbers, officials reminded the crowd that this is a crisis affecting people. Dec 6, 2017
(Wikimedia Commons) HHS to host a code-a-thon to craft tools that will help combat the opioid crisis Nearly 100 Americans die every day from opioid overdoses, so HHS wants to leverage data for better treatment and prevention solutions. Oct 25, 2017
Bruce D. Greenstein, then the secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals, launches an initiative on behavioral health in 2012. (State of Louisiana) HHS finds a new CTO in Bruce D. Greenstein He's the fourth person to fill the top data and technology role since its creation in 2009. Jun 16, 2017