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iHealthBeat concludes from a recent Markle survey that 85% of patients described themselves as being unfamiliar with the federal incentive payment program.

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.

Markle's Director of Health, Meredith Taylor, participates in the roundtable discussion, The Next Generation Health Record.

Surveys by the Markle Foundation confirm that consumers want to be able to review who has accessed their PHRs and to be notified of any breaches.

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.

Markle's Director of Personal Health Technology participates on this roundtable discussion hosted by ONC.

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.

ReachMD held live radio interviews with attendees, exhibitors and presenters from the October 7, 2010 Health 2.0 Conference.

According to the Markle Foundation paper, "Any online download capability for personal health information must be provided via secure access."