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News & Events

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

New Report Released by the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age 'Nation At Risk: Policymakers Need Better Information to Protect the Country'

March 10, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC—A Markle Foundation report issued today says that the continued lack of information sharing between federal, state, and ...
Categories: National Security   

Markle Foundation Congratulates Congress, Administration on Health Care IT Investments

February 26, 2009
NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation today congratulated the Obama Administration and Congress for their historic investments in health IT ...

A Privacy Framework for Personal Health Records

December 17, 2008

Google privacy policies are stronger than HIPAA. Microsoft has very similar policies.

Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

Change Out at Defense

December 15, 2008

The in-coming administration inherits some of the toughest national security challenges ever. 

Categories: National Security   

Health Information Technology: A Few Years Of Magical Thinking?

August 19, 2008
One of the biggest obstacles to expanding the use of information technology (IT) in health care may be the current narrow focus on how to ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT, technology

Technology Companies, Providers, Health Insurers and Consumer Groups Agree on Framework for Increasing Privacy and Consumer Control Over Personal Health Records

June 25, 2008
NEW YORK—Dossia, Google, Intuit, Microsoft, and WebMD today joined prominent health care providers, health insurers, and consumer and ...

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

April 10, 2008

Author Clay Shirky discusses his book Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations.

Categories: General Markle   

Health and Technology Leaders Tackle Challenge of Managing Consumers' Identities in Web-Based Personal Health Tools

January 24, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC—The critical challenge of validating each person's identity online can be addressed through a mix of established and ...

Q&A with Carol Diamond

March 1, 2007

Carol C. Diamond discusses why public trust is essential to the successful exchange of electronic health information, and how that trust can be built.

Categories: Health   

CSC and 'Connecting for Health' Team Successfully Demonstrates Nationwide Health Information Network Prototype

February 14, 2007
EL SEGUNDO, CA—Computer Sciences Corporation announced today that the CSC and Markle Connecting for Health team successfully demonstrated ...