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Markle In the News

Markle In the News includes articles, op-eds, blog commentary, and news items related to Markle's collaborative work.  The items are listed in reverse chronological order (newest first).

Sweating the Details on Health Technology Policy

May 12, 2009
Some of the nation’s fine minds in medicine and technology have huddled, attended hearings and produced position papers in the last few ...
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The Markle Foundation’s work on Meaningful Use

May 10, 2009
Last night I posted my own thoughts on the definition of “meaningful use,” a term that will have significant impact on our ...
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An Open Letter to the New National Coordinator for Health IT: Part 3 -- Certification As The Elephant in Health IT's Living Room

May 8, 2009
In the first and second parts of this series we talked about how and why there is no universal definition for the term "EHR." Instead ...
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U.S. health data czar sees role for government hand

April 30, 2009
"It is clear that this field has not advanced (enough) ... when left exclusively to the private sector so there is a public role," ...
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Markle v. HIMSS: Differing Views of “Meaningful Use” and “Certification”

April 30, 2009
The forthcoming definition of the “meaningful use” of health information technology will set the direction of the Obama ...
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A Privacy Framework for Personal Health Records

December 17, 2008

Google privacy policies are stronger than HIPAA. Microsoft has very similar policies.

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Change Out at Defense

December 15, 2008

The in-coming administration inherits some of the toughest national security challenges ever. 

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Health Information Technology: A Few Years Of Magical Thinking?

August 19, 2008
One of the biggest obstacles to expanding the use of information technology (IT) in health care may be the current narrow focus on how to ...
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Q&A with Carol Diamond

March 1, 2007

Carol C. Diamond discusses why public trust is essential to the successful exchange of electronic health information, and how that trust can be built.

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Q&A with David Lansky

October 1, 2005
  David Lansky, Executive Director of the Markle Foundation, explains why interoperability is essential for improving the quality of ...
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