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Markle In the News

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).

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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Magical Thinking in Implementing Healthcare IT

November 11, 2008
The concept of magical thinking in this context was that implementers must resist the concept where this notion that...isolated work on ...
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Health 2.0 and the Privacy Conundrum

October 23, 2008
Now I get to sit down and listen to the discussion on privacy being led by Carol Diamond of the Markle Foundation. Advice from Philip Marshall ...
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PHR Privacy Questions Get Tougher When Criminal Justice System Involved

October 14, 2008
The Kabuki we see in the transition to electronic health records obscures two obvious and fundamental issues: The nature of the ...
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Next President Must Protect Consumer Privacy Online

October 13, 2008
Americans are increasingly living their lives online and taking advantage of all the benefits that the Internet has to offer. Consumers do ...

Policy Pundits Weigh In On HIT Adoption

August 20, 2008
The journal Health Affairs released yesterday three papers that address issues revolving around HIT adoption. Quick synopsis follows with my ...
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Health IT policy: the fur is flying

August 19, 2008
Some fur is flying in the rarefied world of health IT policy geeks this morning. Health Affairs has three articles. The first from ...
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Reduce Focus on Standards To Increase IT Adoption, Article Says

August 19, 2008
Federal health IT efforts are too focused on standards and do not consider long-term medical outcome goals, according to an article published ...
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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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