Tag: Health in a Networked Life

Solid majorities of both the public and doctors surveyed support the principle that people ought to be able to download and keep copies of their personal health information.

Reported PHR use by the public is 10 percent, up from 3 percent found in Markle’s 2008 survey. A similar proportion of doctors say they offer PHR tools to their patients.

While most doctors said they would prefer computer-based means to share patient information with other doctors, only 17 percent said they are doing so today.

The public and doctors have contrasting perceptions about how frequently information is lost in doctor-patient interactions.

Both the US public and doctors overwhelmingly agree that people should be able to go online to download copies of their medical information, according to a new survey released today by the Markle Foundation.

A Markle survey found that most of the U.S. public and doctors believe patients should be able to download and keep copies of their personal health information. That’s the simple idea behind a blue button.

Keynote speech, which discusses Markle's mission, programs, and values, the context of the current US health care, the disruptive power of ...

Connecting Americans with Their Health Care, December 5 to 7, 2007, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA—an agenda for the entire ...

Markle Connecting for Health's Roadmap for Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Healthcare calls for all stakeholders from across the ...

We need a 21st century privacy approach allowing Americans to protect and share health information to improve quality. Americans are eager ...