Health Information Technology and Health Care Reform Must Be Well-Aligned To Improve Health and Lower Costs

WASHINGTON, DC—Dramatic improvements in health and reductions in cost growth are achievable if efforts to boost health information ...

Markle Foundation Congratulates Congress, Administration on Health Care IT Investments

NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation today congratulated the Obama Administration and Congress for their historic investments in health IT ...

Comments on Technical Guidance for Federal Health Data Breach Notification Requirements

In comments on the HHS federal health data breach notification provisions, Markle, CDT and collaborators recommend that HHS embrace a comprehensive set of information-sharing policies that include strong oversight and accountability mechanisms, adoption of trusted network design characteristics and the implementation of core privacy principles in addition to the technologies and methodologies listed in the guidance. 

Testimony of Josh Lemieux on Personal Health Records

In this testimony, Josh Lemieux, Director, Personal Health Technology, Markle Foundation, discusses personal health records and other ...

Testimony to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Subcommittee on Standards

Topics include setting objectives, information sharing and standards, a new urgency for results, new privacy policies, accountability for ...

Privacy, Security, and Health Information Exchange:

Identifies the policy issues that lead to trust (cross-cutting issues, obtaining patient notification and consent, appropriate uses of health ...

Collaborative Comments on EHR Incentive Program

More than 50 organizations join to submit public comments regarding Stage 1 of the health IT Incentives program.