Markle In the News

The influential Chinese business magazine Caijing ran a story covering the grass roots response from various Internet companies against the anti-piracy bills (SOPA/PIPA), and how it may impact Facebook’s IPO. Stefaan Verhulst, Markle's Chief of Research, provided background information on the details of the proposed legislation and the questions of intermediary liability.

Deven McGraw, Director of the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology, references a Markle survey while reflecting on the importance of consumers and patients support for the widespread adoption of electronic health records in 2012.

Markle’s President, Zoe Baird Budinger, reflects on the important work the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age has done since the terrorist attacks of September 11th.

Under a proposed new rule being issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, patients anywhere in the country will be able to get their clinical test results directly from the lab.

The Aspen Institute’s Homeland Security Program announces the launch of the Aspen Homeland Security Group.

It’s difficult to say if the West is in real decline, but there is no question that it faces a very stern test in the post 9/11 world.

Since 9/11, there has been a virtual reorganization of government, inspiring reform in the way agencies, people, and technology collaborate and communicate.

Helen Pfister and Susan Ingargiola, Manatt Health Solutions, reference Markle’s The Architecture for Privacy in a Networked Health Information Environment, part of Connecting for Health's Common Framework, in a recent article about trust in the age of electronic health information.

During a recent forum at the Aspen Institute, Markle’s president, Zoë Baird Budinger, reflected on the 9/11 decade with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and other leading foreign policy thinkers. 

Harley Geiger, Center for Democracy and Technology, uses findings from a recent Markle survey to support the statement that there is a general agreement on the sensitivity of identifiable health information and individuals should know when such information is breached.