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HHS Consumer Health IT Summit Power-charged for Progress

At a consumer health IT summit, Federal officials announced that the Blue Button program, which Markle developed in collaboration with other groups to call for…

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Consumers Could Get Lab Test Results Themselves Under New Proposed Rule

Under a new proposed rule being issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, patients anywhere in the country would be able to get…

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The End of History?

The 9/11 attacks killed some 3,000 people and inflicted on the U.S. economy a loss of between $50 billion and $100 billion, but the repercussions…

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Washington Can Work

The tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks offers stark and sometimes painful reminders of a once-unthinkable assault on our homeland. Ten years later, our hearts…

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Building Public Trust in Electronic Health Information Exchange

Helen Pfister and Susan Ingargiola, Manatt Health Solutions, reference Markle’s The Architecture for Privacy in a Networked Health Information Environment, part of the Connecting for…

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A Lesson of 9/11: Washington Can Work

Since 9/11, there has been a virtual reorganization of government, a new way of thinking that inspires reform in the way agencies, people, and technology collaborate…

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Video: Blue Button to Download Your Health Information

Watch Watch three veterans explain how the VA’s Blue Button helps them get safer and better care. See what the blue button download capability can…

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Ten Years Later, Albright Urges U.S. to Learn from 9/11

During a recent forum at the Aspen Institute, Markle’s president, Zoë Baird Budinger, reflected on the 9/11 decade with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright…

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VA Sponsoring Contest to Expand “Blue Button” Program

AMedNews.com references a 2010 Markle survey that found 65% of doctors and 70% of the public agree with the blue button concept.  The Department of…

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Federal Player of the Week: Using the Web to Help Veterans Manage Their Care

The Partnership for Public Service discusses the vast potential of the blue button concept that focuses on getting health information into the hands of consumers. …

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Data Breach Bills Exclude Health Information

Findings from a recent Markle survey support the statement that there is a general agreement on the sensitivity of identifiable health information and individuals should…

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Progress on Creating an Information Sharing Environment

Two reports were released last month examining the progress made toward the creation of an Information Sharing Environment (ISE).  The ISE was mandated by Section…