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News & Events

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

Tech Backs Standards for Online Health Records

June 26, 2008
With a majority of Americans supportive of electronic medical records but still wary of the privacy implications, the non-profit Markle ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

Industry Players Outline Rules for Online Health Records

June 26, 2008
Google and Microsoft have teamed with Intuit, WebMD and a consortium of more than 100 healthcare providers, insurers and consumer and privacy ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

PHR privacy breakthrough?

June 26, 2008
Connecting for Health, a broad industry coalition organized by the Markle Foundation, announced yesterday a framework for PHR privacy ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, privacy

Standards Developed for Electronic Health Records

June 26, 2008
Trying to overcome public reticence toward putting health records online, Google, Microsoft and health care providers and insurers developed ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, standards

Google, Microsoft, others agree to EHR security standards

June 26, 2008
In an attempt to address patients’ concerns about the privacy of online personal health records, Google, Microsoft and a collection of ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, privacy

Putting Yourself Out There

June 26, 2008
With recently launched platforms like Google Health and Microsoft’s HealthVault, it is now possible to keep your health records in a ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

Markle’s new personal health information framework: building consumer trust

June 26, 2008
Privacy is one of the most popular topics on this blog. That’s because privacy concerns are one of the biggest roadblocks that stand ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, privacy

Tech Companies Work to Protect Online Health Records

June 26, 2008
Two leading technology companies are working with healthcare providers to give patients a new prescription for keeping medical records. Google ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

Google and Others Supports Online Health Record Privacy Framework

June 26, 2008
If you’ve been hesitating to entrust your personal health records to online health providers and insurers, perhaps the newly launched ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, privacy

Microsoft, Google Endorse Health Records Standard

June 26, 2008
Though the technology side of connecting to a mishmash of records in the medical sector proved challenging, the real trick for anyone offering ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, privacy