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New Study Rates Privacy Protections of Electronic Health Record Systems

December 16, 2009
I want to alert everybody to a study recently published by Patient Privacy Rights (PPR) that rates the various Personal Health Record ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

Markle gives sound advice on “Meaningful Use of Health IT” to policy makers (again)

December 15, 2009
The Markle Foundation has been giving some very reasonable advice on the use of IT and technology in general for the healthcare industry. Their ...
Categories: Health    Tags: meaningful use

The Evidence for HIT

November 30, 2009
In February 2009, President Obama and the Congress launched a vast, ambitious program to improve the health of Americans, and the performance ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT

The Grill: Zoë Baird

October 19, 2009
Computerworld - As president of the Markle Foundation, Zoë Baird helps drive change in health care and national security through the use ...
Categories: General Markle   

Former senator joins Markle Foundation board

October 8, 2009
Former Republican U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton was appointed to the Markle Foundation's board of directors, having served on the Markle Task ...
Categories: General Markle   

The Need for Centralized Medical Records

October 7, 2009
If you're like most people, you receive your healthcare from more than one doctor—a family medicine specialist, an OB/GYN if ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

Slade Gorton Joins Markle Board of Directors

October 5, 2009
NEW YORK, NY—Following its Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, the Markle Foundation announced that Slade Gorton, ...
Categories: General Markle   

Markle Task Force Member to Testify on Information Sharing with Recommendations to Strengthen National Security, Protect Privacy

July 29, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC—Jeffrey Smith, an expert on information sharing and a Member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the ...
Categories: National Security   

If Reform Stalls, How Will Health IT Efforts Be Affected?

July 28, 2009
Many involved in health IT -- physicians, hospital administrators, industry leaders, legislators and policymakers -- believe rapid, ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT

Can Health IT Help Fund Health Reform?

July 28, 2009
Health information technology (health IT) would digitize patient records, doctors' notes, prescription forms, test results and other ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT
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