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News & Events

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

Should Patients Be Able to Download Their Health Data?

October 13, 2010

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.

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HHS Covets Role as 'Data Sugar Daddy' to App Developers

October 13, 2010

“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.

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Inaugural Health Care Innovation Day- HCI | DC 2010

October 12, 2010

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

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Markle Survey Shows Strong Support

October 11, 2010

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."

Categories: Health    Tags: blue button, survey

FTC: No Major PHR Breaches So Far

October 11, 2010
In written testimony prepared for a Congressional hearing held Sept. 30, Deven McGraw, director of the health privacy project at the Center for ...
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New Survey Released

October 11, 2010

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.

Categories: Health    Tags: blue button, EHR/PHR, survey

White House Rolls Out Health Record Download Tool

October 8, 2010

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.

Categories: Health    Tags: blue button, survey

Speakers Highlight Innovation at Health 2.0 Conference

October 8, 2010
The Health 2.0 two-day conference,  featured a slew of potentially game-changing announcements, and insightful discussions about where the healthcare system should go next.
 
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Health 2.0 2010 Conference

October 7, 2010

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

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Doctors and Consumers Support 'Blue Button' for Downloading Health Info

October 7, 2010

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.