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News & Events

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

Digital medical records: What you need to know

October 18, 2010

Carol Diamond, Markle's Managing Director of Health, writes an opinion piece on how online access to your medical records will help you get better and safer care.

Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, networks

HHS Aims to Spur Software Apps Development

October 14, 2010

Adobe Systems won first prize for its "Blue Button Health Assistant" in a software developer challenge sponsored by Markle and RWJF.

Categories: Health   

Patients Want Access to e-Records

October 13, 2010

A survey by Markle shows that 70% of the people who took the survey said it's important for them to get electronic copies of their health information; almost two-thirds of doctors in a parallel survey agreed. 

Categories: Health    Tags: survey

VA, Medicare Ease EHR Downloads

October 13, 2010

The blue button concept, which Markle developed in collaboration with other groups, calls for the use of a set of privacy and security policies building on the Markle's Common Framework.

Categories: Health    Tags: blue button

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.

Categories: Health   

Personal Health Data at Your Fingertips

October 13, 2010

The Blue Button capabilities are open government initiatives by both agencies in response to calls from the Markle Foundation and advocacy groups.

Categories: Health    Tags: blue button

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.

Categories: Health    Tags: survey

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.

Categories: Health   

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

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