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News & Events

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

HIMSS: Cost, Lack of Data Will Not Prevent EHR Adoption

February 21, 2011

Jeff Byers of CMIO shares information from a recent HIMSS conference regarding EHRs and making the transition to a more technology oriented health care system.

Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, health IT, information sharing, survey

Personal Health Records: Will Doctors Connect?

February 18, 2011

Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, health economist and management consultant, blogs on recent survey findings regarding doctor and patient views on electronic health records.

Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, health IT, survey

How IT Can Help Improve Healthcare

February 17, 2011

Channel Insider looks at some of the recent Markle survey results, which came from polling over 1,500 patients and nearly 800 physicians nationwide.

Categories: Health    Tags: health IT, survey

Markle Foundation to Help VA Advance E-Health Records

February 16, 2011

During a Federal News Radio interview, Laura Bailyn, Markle’s Senior Director of Health Initiatives, discusses how the foundation is looking to globally advance health care IT.

Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, health IT

Doctors, Patients Agree on How Health IT Funds Should Be Spent

February 14, 2011

AMedsNews.com writer, Pamela Lewis Dolan, shares results from a Markle survey finding that public and physicians agree on how funds allocated to improve health IT should be used.

Categories: Health    Tags: health IT, survey

HIT Policy Committee & HIT Standards Committee PCAST Work Group

February 10, 2011

Carol Diamond, Managing Director of Health at Markle, participates in a panel discussion on health information exchange and health care stakeholders.

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Physicians, Public Have Similar Hopes for Health IT

February 7, 2011

The CMIO blog shares results from a recent Markle survey that found a majority of US public and doctors share similar hopes for advancing health IT.

Categories: Health    Tags: health IT, survey

Markle Names Bailyn a Senior Director

February 4, 2011

Modern Healthcare announces the Markle Foundation’s new senior director of health initiatives, Laura Bailyn.

Categories: Health   

Markle Names Laura Bailyn Senior Director, Health Initiatives

February 3, 2011

Ms. Bailyn will work closely with Managing Director of Health, Carol Diamond, to help shape Markle's work in this important area of work.

Categories: Health   

Familiar With the Meaningful Use Incentive Program for Health Care Providers?

February 3, 2011

iHealthBeat looks at the low percentage (only 14%) of physicians who are “very familiar” with the meaningful use incentive program, according to a recent Markle survey.

Categories: Health    Tags: health IT, meaningful use, survey