Collaborative Response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services RFI: Voluntary Storage of Personal Data in Preparation for Emergencies

Summary Markle Connecting for Health, a public-private collaborative group whose goal is to advance health information technology in the ...

The Collaborative Response to the ONCHIT Request for Information

David J. Brailer, MD, PhD Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Letter from the Personal Health Technology Council to the AHIC

To Secretary Leavitt and the Members of the AHIC: We, the members of the Personal Health Technology Council, commend your leadership in ...

The Right General Direction

More than 50 organizations submit public comments to the Department of Health and Human Services regarding interim final standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for the health IT Incentives program.

Collaborative Statement on Proposed Regulations on Meaningful Use and Standards for the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program

The Markle Foundation, the Center for American Progress, the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings and three dozen diverse leaders in the health sector send a letter commending federal agencies for their work drafting proposed health IT "meaningful use" regulations and standards.

Demonstrating Meaningful Use of Health IT for 2011 and Beyond

On behalf of a broad range of health leaders, the Markle Foundation, Center for American Progress, and the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings offer recommendations on measuring and demonstrating meaningful use of health IT under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Letter to HHS and the Office of Management and Budget on Meaningful Use

In this letter to HHS and OMB leaders, Markle Connecting for Health collaborators provide recommendations for the pending federal rule on 'meaningful use' of health IT under the Recovery Act.

Comments on the Office of the National Coordinator's Preliminary Definition of 'Meaningful Use'

Markle, the Center for American Progress, Brookings, and others respond to first draft of the 'meaningful use' definition issued by the HIT Policy Subcommittee of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Establishing Regional Centers to Assist Providers to Become Meaningful Users of HIT

Markle, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and others draft a description for a program to establish regional centers to assist health care providers seeking to adopt and become meaningful users of health information technology. The statement was provided to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Policy Should Come Before Standards for Consumer Consent Preferences

Markle Foundation recommends a full complement of privacy and information access policies in its response to the Federal health IT office's draft on consumer consent requirements.