Markle In the News

A Markle survey offers a first ever comparison of public and physician views on key issues surrounding health IT, including their views on the new federal incentives to stimulate the use of this technology.

According to Markle's Survey on Health in a Networked Life 2010, 62 percent of the public and 49 percent of doctors advocated that medical professionals share EHRs with patients.

Adobe’s Blue Button Health Assistant app provides a more user-friendly layout and better links health and claims data among patients and providers.

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.  

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

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.

"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.