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Demonstrating Meaningful Use of Health IT for 2011 and Beyond

December 1, 2009

On behalf of a broad range of health leaders, the Markle Foundation, Center for American Progress, and the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings offer recommendations on measuring and demonstrating meaningful use of health IT under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Letter to HHS and the Office of Management and Budget on Meaningful Use

November 13, 2009

In this letter to HHS and OMB leaders, Markle Connecting for Health collaborators provide recommendations for the pending federal rule on 'meaningful use' of health IT under the Recovery Act.

Objective Standards Needed for Evaluating Information Breaches

October 23, 2009

Markle Connecting for Health and the Center for Democracy and Technology focus on the need for objective standards for judging whether a data breach presents significant risk.

Policy Should Come Before Standards for Consumer Consent Preferences

October 16, 2009

Markle Foundation recommends a full complement of privacy and information access policies in its response to the Federal health IT office's draft on consumer consent requirements.

Models for Trusted Information Sharing

September 18, 2009

Claudia Williams' testimony before the Health IT Policy Committee on privacy, public trust, and the architecture choices to support trusted information sharing.

Comments on the Office of the National Coordinator's Preliminary Definition of 'Meaningful Use'

June 26, 2009

Markle, the Center for American Progress, Brookings, and others respond to first draft of the 'meaningful use' definition issued by the HIT Policy Subcommittee of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Broad Coalition Says Consumer Role Is Key to Improving Health and Health Care

June 25, 2009
NEW YORK, NY—The future of health care should encourage expanded use of information tools to help consumers better manage their health, ...

Establishing Regional Centers to Assist Providers to Become Meaningful Users of HIT

June 11, 2009

Markle, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and others draft a description for a program to establish regional centers to assist health care providers seeking to adopt and become meaningful users of health information technology. The statement was provided to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Response to New Federal Health Data Breach Notification Requirements

May 21, 2009
Markle, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and others comment on the new federal health data breach notification provisions to be ...

Comments on Technical Guidance for Federal Health Data Breach Notification Requirements

May 21, 2009

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.