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

Markle report: Tear down those silos!

March 11, 2009
Nearly 8 years after the 9/11 attacks, is the country safer than it was before? A new report suggests that despite new laws passed, billions of ...
Categories: National Security    Tags: information sharing

Gold rush on for health IT pioneers

March 11, 2009
The health IT stars showed up in Washington to share their delight at having a $19 billion grubstake provided for them in the stimulus ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT

Group Finds Intelligence Gap Persists

March 10, 2009
The U.S. government still can't link critical pieces of information that could warn of an impending terrorist plot, despite more than seven ...

Group: Data sharing still falls short

March 10, 2009
The sharing of national security information is still not enough to protect the country, and related governmentwide policies that safeguard ...
Categories: National Security    Tags: information sharing

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 ...

Congress gives electronic health records big boost

January 15, 2009

House Democrats propose spending $20 billion of the $825 billion stimulus package to update and computerize our health care system to cut red tape, prevent medical mistakes and help reduce health care costs by billions of dollars each year. 

Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

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   

Magical Thinking in Implementing Healthcare IT

November 11, 2008
The concept of magical thinking in this context was that implementers must resist the concept where this notion that...isolated work on ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT