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News & Events

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

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

Joint Statement on ‘Meaningful Use’ Rule

July 13, 2010

The Markle Foundation, the Center for American Progress, and the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings emphasize the importance of new federal rules on health information technology.

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

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 ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT

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.

Categories: National Security    Tags: information sharing

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 ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

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 ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT