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

Health 2.0 and the Privacy Conundrum

October 23, 2008
Now I get to sit down and listen to the discussion on privacy being led by Carol Diamond of the Markle Foundation. Advice from Philip Marshall ...
Categories: Health    Tags: privacy

PHR Privacy Questions Get Tougher When Criminal Justice System Involved

October 14, 2008
The Kabuki we see in the transition to electronic health records obscures two obvious and fundamental issues: The nature of the ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, privacy

Next President Must Protect Consumer Privacy Online

October 13, 2008
Americans are increasingly living their lives online and taking advantage of all the benefits that the Internet has to offer. Consumers do ...
Categories: National Security    Tags: information sharing, privacy

Policy Pundits Weigh In On HIT Adoption

August 20, 2008
The journal Health Affairs released yesterday three papers that address issues revolving around HIT adoption. Quick synopsis follows with my ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT

Health IT policy: the fur is flying

August 19, 2008
Some fur is flying in the rarefied world of health IT policy geeks this morning. Health Affairs has three articles. The first from ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT

Reduce Focus on Standards To Increase IT Adoption, Article Says

August 19, 2008
Federal health IT efforts are too focused on standards and do not consider long-term medical outcome goals, according to an article published ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT

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

What Healthcare Could Learn from Amazon

August 8, 2008
We take for granted that UPS will track and send an e-mail alert about a package's delivery status. Or when Visa lets us know when ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT

Health Privacy: One Step Closer

August 5, 2008
So, the Massachusetts legislature wrapped up the FY07-FY08 session early Friday morning. The wonky-hot legislative item that AAC was watching ...
Categories: Health    Tags: privacy

Google, Microsoft Back Online Health Records Privacy Framework

August 4, 2008
Nearly half of Americans are interested in using Web-based tools to collect and manage their personal health information, but 90% are wary of ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR
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