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Markle Collaborators Recommend 'Blue Button' For Downloads

Nearly 50 organizations declare their support for a set of privacy and security practices to help people download their health records.

Read the full set of recommendations.

Read the brief.

Read the news release.

Blue Button Challenge

Markle and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation issue challenge to technology developers to demonstrate useful health services based on sample data from Medicare and the VA.

See the challenge.

Privacy Protections in Health IT

Information must be protected through a combination of policy and technology.

Read Architecture for Privacy in a Networked Health Environment.

Read A 21st Century Approach to Privacy.

See Carol Diamond's testimony to Congress.

Advancing National Security While Protecting Privacy

An information sharing framework to support national security efforts can succeed only if Americans trust that it will respect their privacy and protect their civil liberties. Markle's National Security Brief on Privacy discusses how the deployment of 21st century solutions can protect these values.

Read Privacy and Civil Liberties.

Individual Access and Privacy

The Markle Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information supports the individual's ability to access information and protect privacy.

See Markle Common Framework.

See how its policy and technology recommendations help individuals.

Health Care Innovation Means Better Care and More Jobs

Two economic crises faced by the United States—unemployment over 9% and staggering health care costs—are deeply related. Markle president Zoë Baird explains how these areas intersect in ways that can yield positive results.

Read CNBC blog.

Meaningful Use Final Rule Marks a New Beginning for Health IT

Markle, the Center for American Progress, and the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings describe new federal rules on financial incentives for health IT as an important window of opportunity for providers, hospitals, and patients.

Read the joint statement.

Read the collaborative comments on meaningful use.

Information Sharing Will Change How We Think

Federal News Radio asks former Senator Slade Gorton about the Markle Task Force's latest recommendations, and what it will take for government to implement them.

Listen to the interview.

Read the recommendations.

Improving the Way Government Shares Information to Protect Us

Jim Dempsey speaks to NextGov about Markle Task Force recommendations for preventing the lapses in information sharing that have allowed some terrorist plots to go undetected.

Read article.

Doctors and Patients Perceive Potential Value of Electronic PHRs

Presenting a pair of coordinated surveys, Markle and the American Medical Association show that patients and physicians hold both similar and contrasting views about personal health records.

Read the joint statement.

View the Markle presentation.

Watch Modern Healthcare's interview with Josh Lemieux.

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The Markle Weekly Digest

Keep up with the latest news on emerging information technology related to health and national security.

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Markle's Health initiatives focus on the development of policies to help consumers and clinicians improve the health of all citizens, and accelerate the use and implementation of new technologies to strengthen the nation's health care system.

Projects and initiatives:

The Common Framework
Markle Connecting for Health
Health in a Networked Life

Markle's work in National Security focuses on mobilizing information and technology to improve national security while protecting the civil liberties of all Americans.

Learn about the US Energy Security project.
Read reports by the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Markle has an extensive library of publications, speeches, presentations, and multimedia resources available for immediate viewing or download.

Search the Library.
Read about Health Projects.
Read about National Security Projects.
Learn about the Markle Special Collection at PolicyArchive.

Advancing National Security in a Connected World

Key Solutions to Information Sharing Challenges

The US must stay one step ahead of its enemies, whether they are attempting to smuggle explosives through airport security or planning an attack in cyberspace. Since 2002, the Markle Task Force has been working for a virtual reorganization of government to change how information is shared and understood across every agency so that we can confront 21st century challenges and protect civil liberties.

See list of Markle Task Force members and associates.
Learn more about the
Markle Task Force.
Read National Security Briefs.
Download Markle Task Force reports.

Advancing Health in a Connected World

'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records

The pending federal regulation on Meaningful Use under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is a rare opportunity to advance health IT in ways that improve health, increase the cost-effectiveness of care, protect privacy, and encourage innovation.

Read Markle papers on
Meaningful Use and other topics.
What consumers think about personal health records:
- Go to new California Health Care Foundation survey.
- See Markle 2008 survey.

Markle Advisory Briefs

Informing National Policy and Decision Making

As part of our efforts to help inform policy and decision making, Markle publishes a series of advisory briefs and working papers that focus on key technology and policy issues, critical attributes, and expectations in health and national security.

Read Markle advisory briefs.


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