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The results of a 2010 Markle Survey on Health in a Networked Life shows a large majority of adults and doctors agree that patients should be able to download copies of their PHR's.

“There are companies now that are building readers, writers and applications to work with that [blue button] data to make it more useful,” said Todd Park, HHS’s Chief Technology Officer.

Markle's Managing Director, Carol Diamond, participates on the panel Driving the Discussion on Innovation between Industry & Government.

Two-thirds of physicians and consumers alike "agreed with the concept of a blue button that you can click to download your own health information."

A Markle survey offers a first ever comparison of public and physician views on key issues surrounding health IT, including their views on the new federal incentives to stimulate the use of this technology.

According to Markle's Survey on Health in a Networked Life 2010, 62 percent of the public and 49 percent of doctors advocated that medical professionals share EHRs with patients.

Markle's Managing Director of Health, Carol Diamond, hosts a special panel discussion on the Blue Button Initiative.

Both the US public and doctors overwhelmingly agree that people should be able to go online to download copies of their medical information, according to a new survey released today by the Markle Foundation.