CDT Report on Distributed Models for Health Data Analysis

The Center for Democracy & Technology describes privacy-protective approaches for analyzing health data.

(From the Connected World Blog)

Where's the Flu?

Public health officials track flu data while protecting patient privacy.

(From the Connected World Blog)

Digital medical records: What you need to know

Carol Diamond, Markle's Managing Director of Health, writes an opinion piece on how online access to your medical records will help you get better and safer care.

A Framework for Informed, Intelligent and Safe Decision-Making for Health in the 21st Century

These principles articulate a set of operating assumptions we will bring to our work on network design to support health decision-making.

Social Networking Breathes New Life Into Info Sharing

Information sharing has moved up and down the food chain of important federal initiatives since becoming a critical imperative in the aftermath ...

Government at the Edges: Noveck's View of Participatory Democracy

This afternoon in Manhattan, the Markle Foundation hosted Beth Simone Noveck for a coming out party for her new book  "Wiki ...

Attitudes of Americans Regarding Personal Health Records and Nationwide Electronic Health Information Exchange

More than 7 out of 10 Americans support the creation of a nationwide health information exchange or network for doctors and patients. They ...

Carol Diamond's Statement on HHS Announcement of Contract to the Connecting for Health Team to Develop Nationwide Health Information Network

Background Michael O. Leavitt, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, announced the award of a contract today to the Connecting for ...

Connecting Americans to their Health Care: Consumer Input

Susan Christensen, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Vicki Estrin, from Tennessee Volunteer eHealth Initiative; Lisa ...

Connecting Americans to their Health Care: Networked PHRs

In this presentation, James Ralston from Group Health Cooperative; Paul Shiels from eHealth, Aetna, Inc.; and Omid Moghadam from Intel ...