Markle In the News

Gerry Higgins shares his thoughts on discussions that took place at "The Personal Health Record (PHR) Roundtable" where issues focused on security, privacy, and standards of personal health records.

The Markle Survey on Health in a Networked Life 2010, asked the public and physicians about their views on whether patients should be able to download their personal health information.

ReachMD held live radio interviews with attendees, exhibitors and presenters from the October 7, 2010 Health 2.0 Conference.

According to the Markle Foundation paper, "Any online download capability for personal health information must be provided via secure access."

In his article about protection of personal health records, Howard Anderson writes, "HHS should take a close look at the Markle Foundation's framework as a potential foundation for a PHR privacy and security policy."

A policy paper—whose member co-signers include the AMA—published by Connecting for Health makes recommendations for privacy controls that can be implemented into any blue-button system.

At the Health 2.0 Conference, RememberItNow! was selected as a top finalist in the Blue Button Challenge, a competition sponsored by Markle and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Craig Newmark, Founder of Craigslist, talks about the collaboration between Markle, Veterans Affairs, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to initiate the development of apps for the "Blue Button."

Markle's Carol Diamond, MD, MPH, explains how online access to health records improves the safety and quality of health care.