Markle In the News

The HHS looks for simple ways to educate the public on health IT issues after a recent Markle survey showed that only 14% of the public was familiar with the meaningful use incentive program.

GovInfoSecurity.com references the Blue Button concept, which Markle developed in collaboration with other groups to call for a set of privacy and security policies based on the Markle Common Framework.

IBM’s global health care ambassador, Lorraine Fernandes, discusses a Markle letter submitted to the Department of Commerce in February 2011 expressing the importance of FIPs in today’s society.

AMA president, Cecil B. Wilson, MD, cites Markle survey results in discussing the emergence of EHRs and how physicians are adapting to the technological change.

Markle’s Managing Director of Health participated on the "Wellness 2.0, Prevention, Exercise & Food" panel at this year's Health 2.0 Spring Fling.  iHealthBeat summarizes the two-day conference.   

HealthAffairs invites Carol Diamond to comment on the opportunities and challenges awaiting David Blumenthal’s successor at ONC.

Lauren Vogel writes in a Canadian Medical Association journal about how patients are turning to the Internet for self-treatment and how-to videos giving step-by-step instructions on do-it-yourself medical procedures.

The New York Times cites Markle survey and others in discussing the emergence of PHRs and apps for smartphones to help consumers manage their health.

Jeff Byers of CMIO shares information from a recent HIMSS conference regarding EHRs and making the transition to a more technology oriented health care system.

Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, health economist and management consultant, blogs on recent survey findings regarding doctor and patient views on electronic health records.