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News & Events

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

Edward F. Rover Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

June 28, 2005
NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation announced today that Edward F. Rover, President of the Dana Foundation, has joined the Board of ...
Categories: General Markle   

Markle Connecting for Health Statement on HHS Plans to Enhance Electronic Exchange of Health Information

June 6, 2005
NEW YORK, NY—"Secretary Mike Leavitt has moved us much closer to the day when every patient in the United States will be able to ...
Categories: Health    Tags: AHIC, governance, health IT, information sharing

Prototype for a Nationwide Health Information Exchange Launched by Connecting for Health

June 1, 2005
NEW YORK, NY—Markle Connecting for Health, a public-private collaborative of more than 100 diverse organizations, announced today that it ...

Leading Health Care and Information Technology Groups Endorse Common Framework for Health Information Exchange to Support Improvements in Health and Healthcare

January 18, 2005
New York, NY and Washington, DC—Thirteen major health and information technology organizations, in an unprecedented joint collaboration, ...
Categories: Health   

Intelligence Reform Bill Creates Framework For Information Sharing Environment

December 10, 2004
NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age said today that the Intelligence Reform and ...
Categories: National Security   

Markle Foundation Names Lewis B. Kaden Chairman of the Board of Directors and Stanley Shuman Rejoins Markle Board

November 18, 2004
NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation today announced that Lewis B. Kaden, a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell, was elected chairman of ...
Categories: General Markle   

Connecting for Health Report Analyzes Business Case for Adoption of Health IT Systems

October 22, 2004
New York—Connecting for Health … A Public-Private Collaborative today released Financial, Legal and Organizational Approaches to ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, health IT, incentives

David Lansky to Join the Markle Foundation

September 28, 2004
NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation today announced that David Lansky, Ph.D., will join the Foundation as a director of Markle's ...
Categories: General Markle, Health    Tags: health IT

Connecting for Health Recommends Specific Actions for Bringing Healthcare into the Information Age

July 14, 2004
New York—As momentum grows for bringing our outdated, paper-based healthcare system into the Information Age, Connecting for ...

Department of Health and Human Services Actions Advance Goal of Electronic Health Information Infrastructure

May 10, 2004
New York—Connecting for Health commends the recent announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the adoption of ...
Categories: Health