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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).

White House Announces Formal Launch of "Blue Button"

October 7, 2010

The Admiminstration announced the formal launch of the 'Blue Button' for Veterans and Medicare beneficiaries, as well as announcing the winners of a groundbreaking Blue Button challenge.  

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Medicare, Veterans to Get Blue Button

October 6, 2010
The Markle Foundation has issued a challenge for developers to create innovative programs that can make use of the [Blue Button] information.
 
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Health 2.0 Reveals the Winners of the 2010 Developer Challenge

September 30, 2010

The Blue Button Challenge, sponsored by Markle Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, announces their winner at the Health 2.0 Conference.

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“Blue button” Access to Medical Records

September 28, 2010

Both the Medicare and veterans blue button projects are being developed in partnership with the US Defense Department and the not-for-profit Markle Foundation.

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46 Groups Recommend Blue Button

September 1, 2010

"Being able to have your own electronic copies and share them as you need to with your doctors is a first step in truly enabling people to engage in their health care." says Carol Diamond.

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New Challenges to Turbo Charge Innovation in Healthcare

August 13, 2010

Markle's Blue Button Challenge opens up sample data sets to see what types of value-added services developers can create.

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'Meaningful Use' Strikes Compromise

July 15, 2010
Much of the health care community is still sifting through the 864-page final rule CMS released Tuesday describing how health care providers can ...
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HHS's IT Rules Open Up Market to Newcomers

July 14, 2010
New federal rules that will grant medical practitioners billions of dollars to buy health information technology might make it easier for ...
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Praise, Concerns Come Pouring in for 'Meaningful Use' Rules

July 14, 2010
Yesterday, federal officials released the final rule defining how health care providers can demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health ...
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Preserving Public Trust in Personal Health Records

July 13, 2010
Personal health records have great potential to empower patients to manage their own health care. Through PHRs, people can monitor chronic ...
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