Consumers need to be full participants in modern health information tools and services to help them prevent illness, communicate better with clinicians, understand costs and treatment options, make better health decisions, and take better care of loved ones.
The Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information defines a set of practices that, when taken together, can enhance consumer participation and protect personal information.
AARP
Aetna
Allscripts
American Academy of Family Physicians
American College of Cardiology
American College of Emergency Physicians
American College of Physicians
American Medical Association
America’s Health Insurance Plans
Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR.org)
BlueCross BlueShield Association
CareGroup Healthcare System
Carestream Health Inc.
Center for Democracy and Technology
Center on Medical Record Rights and Privacy
Cisco Systems Inc.
Computer Sciences Corp.
Consumers Union
Dossia
DrFirst
FollowMe
Geisinger Health System
GenesysMD
Health 2.0 Accelerator
Health Care For All
Health Level Seven
IEEE-USA
Intel Corp.
InterComponentWare Inc.
Intuit Inc.
Keas Inc.
McKesson/RelayHealth
MedCommons
Medical Group Management Association
MedicAlert Foundation International
Metavante
Microsoft Corp.
National Breast Cancer Coalition
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
National Committee for Quality Assurance
National Partnership for Women and Families
National Quality Forum
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Northwest Health Foundation
Pacific Business Group on Health
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Partners Healthcare System
PatientsLikeMe
Prematics
Surescripts
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Vanderbilt Center for Better Health
Verizon
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Wal-Mart
WebMD