Vince Kuraitis of the Health Care Blog writes about the sense of urgency shared by Markle and PCAST to catalyze the implementation of health IT to transform health care.
A report by Kim Slocum, President of KDS Consulting, discusses the effort to drive HIT adoption through the consumer-focused vehicle of PHRs, based on Markle and other survey results.
Gerry Higgins shares his thoughts on discussions that took place at "The Personal Health Record (PHR) Roundtable" where issues focused on security, privacy, and standards of personal health records.
The Markle Survey on Health in a Networked Life 2010, asked the public and physicians about their views on whether patients should be able to download their personal health information.