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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).

Privacy Tigers Unveil Ambitious Summer Work Plan

July 8, 2010
The Health IT Privacy and Security Tiger team on July 5 laid out its agenda for addressing some of the more urgent health information privacy ...
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Realistic Privacy Protection in the Information Age

July 4, 2010

Stewart Baker, former Deputy Secretary of DHS and past Markle Task Force member, assesses the dilemmas law enforcement agencies face when sharing information in response to urgent, changing circumstances.

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The Economic Value of Data Sharing

June 30, 2010
Around the world, data sharing has grown tremendously in the past decade, both in execution and planning. This phenomenon has been driven by the ...
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Patient Engagement in Health IT Efforts Could Be Crucial

June 28, 2010
At the Health 2.0 conference earlier this month in Washington, D.C., several patient advocates stressed the need to include patients in federal ...
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Federal Officials, Patients Have Bigger Presence at Conference

June 10, 2010
For the first time in its nearly three-year history, the Health 2.0 Conference convened in Washington, D.C., this week. Previous conferences ...
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Kshemendra Paul to Lead ISE

June 1, 2010
What do information sharing and lobbying have in common? The White House's decision to name Kshemendra Paul as the new program manager ...
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Health IT Business News Roundup for the Week of May 28, 2010

May 28, 2010
M&A, Financial Reports and Funding—Healthscreen Solutions, a provider of physician practice services and EHR software, reported a Q2 ...
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Information Sharing Will Change How We Think

April 6, 2010
In the wake of the Christmas Day attack on Flight 253, The Markle Task Force recommended a plan for the virtual reorganization of government. In ...
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White House considers proposals to improve information sharing

March 30, 2010
The White House is seriously considering proposals by a bipartisan task force to prevent lapses in information sharing among agencies that have ...
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Letter tells CMS to set more specific EHR goals

March 18, 2010
To successfully implement the broad use of electronic health records, the CMS needs to make its health goals and targets more explicit, ...
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