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News & Events

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

“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.

Categories: General Markle   

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

Technonomy Conference 2010

August 4, 2010

At this conference, Markle president Zoë Baird joined a distinguished panel to discuss Health not Healthcare: Bureaucracy vs. Survival.

Categories: Health   

'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 ...
Categories: Health    Tags: meaningful use

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 ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT

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 ...
Categories: Health    Tags: meaningful use

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 ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR