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Markle President Beth Cobert Announces Departure from Foundation; Board Announces Interim Leader

After seven years of exceptional leadership at the Markle Foundation, President Beth Cobert has informed the Board of Directors that she intends to leave the Foundation on February 9, 2024. The Board has announced that it has begun its search for a new President, and that Ellen V. Futter, former President of the American Museum of Natural History and of Barnard College, will serve as Markle’s Interim President.

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Skills-First Talent Movement Receives Major Boost as Rework America Alliance Transitions to National Nonprofit Jobs for the Future

Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit that drives transformation of the U.S. education and workforce systems, and the Markle Foundation, which works to improve the economic security, national security, and health of all Americans, announced plans to transfer one of the foundation’s marquee initiatives, the Rework America Alliance, to JFF.

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April 6, 2006

Health and Technology Leaders Release the Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework for Initiating Private and Secure Health Information Sharing

WASHINGTON, DC—Markle Connecting for Health, a public-private collaborative of more than 100 organizations, today released its Common Framework: Resources for Implementing Private and Secure Health…

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February 8, 2006

Markle Connecting for Health Prototype Successfully Moved Electronic Health Information Among Medical Record Systems in Three States on Three Independent Networks

NEW YORK, NY—Markle Connecting for Health announced today that its three-state prototype has achieved an important first milestone toward the secure, authorized, and private exchange…

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November 17, 2005

Chinese Turn to Internet for Entertainment and Connecting With Others, as Number of Broadband Connections Increase in China

NEW YORK, NY—The ways in which the Chinese internet users utilize and think about the Internet are described in a public opinion survey of Internet…

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November 10, 2005

Carol Diamond’s Statement on HHS Announcement of Contract to the Connecting for Health Team to Develop Nationwide Health Information Network

New York, NY– “Connecting for Health applauds Secretary Leavitt for moving the nation much closer to the day when patients and medical professionals will be…

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October 11, 2005

Americans Support Online Personal Health Records; Patient Privacy and Control Over Their Own Information Are Crucial to Acceptance

WASHINGTON, DC—The American public believes strongly that electronic medical records can make the difference between life and death in emergencies, new research being released today…

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September 22, 2005

www.katrinahealth.org Will Provide Prescription Medication Information For Katrina Evacuees to Authorized Health Professionals and Pharmacists

NEW YORK, NY—An online service for authorized health professionals to gain electronic access to prescription medication records for evacuees from Hurricane Katrina was officially launched…

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June 28, 2005

Edward F. Rover Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation announced today that Edward F. Rover, President of the Dana Foundation, has joined the Board of Directors of the Markle…

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June 6, 2005

Markle Connecting for Health Statement on HHS Plans to Enhance Electronic Exchange of Health Information

NEW YORK, NY—”Secretary Mike Leavitt has moved us much closer to the day when every patient in the United States will be able to send…

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June 1, 2005

Prototype for a Nationwide Health Information Exchange Launched by Connecting for Health

NEW YORK, NY—Markle Connecting for Health, a public-private collaborative of more than 100 diverse organizations, announced today that it is launching the first-ever prototype of…

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