Survey Snapshot: The Public and Doctors Agree with ‘Blue Button’ Idea

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.

Americans Overwhelmingly Believe Electronic Personal Health Records Could Improve Their Health

The Markle Foundation has published a research brief based on a survey conducted among 1,580 American adults (18+) nationwide during the period ...

Video News: Josh Lemieux on the Markle Foundation's IT survey

Josh Lemieux, director of personal health technology for the Markle Foundation, talks with Modern Healthcare editor David Burda about the ...

Doctors and Patients Perceive Potential Value of Electronic PHRs

Presenting a pair of coordinated surveys, Markle and the AMA show that patients and physicians hold both similar and contrasting views about personal health records.

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 ...

Americans Want Benefits of Personal Health Records

Over 70 percent of those surveyed believe PHRs would improve the quality of health care. Over two-thirds would use PHR features that are or may ...

Doctors and Patients Perceive Potential Value of Electronic PHRs

The Markle Foundation and the American Medical Association (AMA) joined together to present coordinated surveys that examine physician and patient views of electronic personal health records (PHRs) at the 2010 HIMSS Conference in Atlanta.

Connecting Americans to Their Health Care

Executive Summary for the final report of the Working Group on Policies for Electronic Information Sharing Between Doctors and Patients.

Connecting Americans to Their Health Care: Research Remarks and Morning Keynote

The morning keynote speech and research remarks present survey results from Lake Research Partners, followed by an exploration of the networked ...

Americans Overwhelmingly Believe Electronic Personal Health Records Could Improve Their Health

Results of a national survey on public opinions of the potential and privacy considerations of PHRs.