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As the current wave of spending by the federal government and the private sector in health IT continues, consideration must be given to supporting an…
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Markle envisions the blue button as a common tool on secure websites for patients and beneficiaries that are hosted by medical practices, hospitals, insurers, pharmacies,…
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On Aug. 31, Markle released a policy paper recommending that the blue-button download capability be a priority in the nationwide push to adopt health IT….
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“By clicking the blue button, you could get your own health information electronically–things like summaries of doctor visits, medications you are currently taking, or test…
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According to Markle, the move toward the blue button idea is part of the evolution toward making patients’ personal health records (PHR) easily part of…
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The blue button — or whatever the chosen icon ends up being — would indicate that the website followed the recommended privacy and security practices,…
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The Markle Foundation issued a policy paper and a challenge to developers to do something meaningful with the Blue Button data (in partnership with Health…
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“It makes perfect sense that the public, which is providing a taxpayer subsidy of health IT, should see some direct benefits from these investments, including…
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The Blue Button capabilities are open government initiatives by both agencies in response to calls from the Markle Foundation and advocacy groups to allow patients…
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VA, CMS, the Defense Department and the Markle Foundation, a public interest group that works on health care policies, developed the blue button feature. “There…
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The blue button concept recommends alerting patients to the implications of downloading portions of EHRs and other information, such as warning against downloading records to…
