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July 1, 2004 Report, White Paper Health Markle
The Mother's Bond
Markle Connecting for Health
My son Alex suffers from hydrocephalus, an uncommon condition that forces an abnormal accumulation of fluid inside his brain. His condition is treated with insertions of shunts into his skull to let the excess fluid drain. If the shunts should fail, Alex could lapse into a coma and even die. Quick and appropriate intervention for my son and other hydrocephalus patients is critical.
July 1, 2004 Report, White Paper Health
Trust but Verify
Markle Connecting for Health
A doctor I see for my thyroid tumor recently made a mistake. While the recommendation of the specialist, an endocrinologist, in this case didn’t cause me to lose a limb or seriously jeopardize my health, the experience did give me first-hand insight of how easy medical mistakes happen when doctors don’t have access to information when making decisions.
July 1, 2004 Report, White Paper Health
Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Health Care: Summary of Organizational and Governance Recommendations
Markle Connecting for Health
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Working Group on Financial
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Organizational
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and Legal Sustainability of Health Information
To encourage the government to enable organizational and governance progress as well as the industry to move forward and begin to develop ...
July 1, 2004 Report, White Paper Health
Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Health Care: Summary of Recommendations: Technical Panel
Markle Connecting for Health
Includes outlines of guiding principles and rationale for a health information infrastructure, linking, applications, and data standards.
February 1, 2008 Brief Health Markle
Beyond Consumer Consent: Why We Need a Comprehensive Approach to Privacy in a Networked World
Markle Connecting for Health
Consumer consent has long been seen as the privacy pillar for networked health information. But a privacy approach that rests solely on ...
January 1, 2004 Brief Health Markle
Collaborative response flow chart
Markle Connecting for Health
See how information passes from individual to shared network for easy, secure access to shared information.
June 11, 2009 Collaborative Comment Health
Establishing Regional Centers to Assist Providers to Become Meaningful Users of HIT
Markle Foundation
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Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)
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Markle Collaborators
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.
June 26, 2009 Collaborative Comment Health
Comments on the Office of the National Coordinator's Preliminary Definition of 'Meaningful Use'
Markle Foundation
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Center for American Progress (CAP)
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Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings
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Collaborators
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.
November 13, 2009 Collaborative Comment Health Markle
Letter to HHS and the Office of Management and Budget on Meaningful Use
Markle Connecting for Health
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.
December 1, 2009 Collaborative Comment Health
Demonstrating Meaningful Use of Health IT for 2011 and Beyond
Markle Foundation
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Center for American Progress (CAP)
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Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings
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.