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

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 ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, Markle Common Framework, patient engagement

The Markle Connecting For Health Subcommittee on Quality and Cost Effectiveness

June 19, 2008
On June 19, 2008, the Markle Foundation Connecting for Health Steering Group met to discuss means of disseminating the Common Framework for ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

HIPAA Revisited, Part 1: Privacy vs. Portability

May 24, 2008
Responding to heightened concerns about the privacy of individuals' medical and healthcare information, the federal government in 1996 ...
Categories: Health    Tags: privacy

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   

Group Launches Health IT Privacy Project To Develop Policies

March 12, 2008
On Tuesday, the Center for Democracy and Technology announced its merger with the Health Privacy Project to expand the group's focus on ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT, privacy

EHR Adoption Lag Attributed to Lack of Funds, Incentives

March 3, 2008
Despite two decades of advocacy for electronic health records as a way to improve care and make health care more efficient, about 90% of U.S. ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

Markle Addresses Authentication for Health Records

January 31, 2008
Late last week, the Markle Foundation’s Connecting for Health initiative released its latest report: Consumer Authentication for ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

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 ...
Categories: Common Framework, Health    Tags: authentication, health IT, Markle Common Framework, privacy, security

National Healthcare Identifiers

January 8, 2008
I was recently asked to comment on the likelihood that a national healthcare identifier will be created for the United States, such as those ...
Categories: Health    Tags: technology

ONC Budget Flatlined – RHIOs Hit, PHRs Saved from Meddling

January 7, 2008
In the recently passed 2008 Federal budget, Bush did not get his requested increase for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, federal government
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