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News & Events

Recent news items, media releases and events related to Markle's activities are included on the list below.

Vets Get Access to Medical Info

October 7, 2010

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

Categories: Health    Tags: blue button

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.  

Categories: Health    Tags: blue button

'Blue Button' Apps for Health Data Downloads

October 7, 2010

Markle and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation honor finalists of the Blue Button Challenge, but it's the consumers who will be the real winners.

Categories: Health    Tags: blue button, EHR/PHR, health IT

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.
 
Categories: Health    Tags: blue button

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.

Categories: Health    Tags: blue button

Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

September 16, 2010

Author Clay Shirky discusses his new book COGNITIVE SURPLUS: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age.

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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.

Categories: Health    Tags: blue button

Health IT Investments Should Enable People to Download Their Own Information at the Click of a Blue Button

August 31, 2010

With support from 50 organizations, Markle Connecting for Health recommends specific privacy practices for 'blue button' access to EHRs.

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.

Categories: Health    Tags: blue button