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“Blue Button” Technology Pushed to Give Patients Instant Access to Medical Records

The Connecting for Health survey found that 83% of the public have never asked for their records in electronic format. And the majority of physicians…

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Protecting Personal Health Records

Deven McGraw, director of the health privacy project at the Center for Democracy & Technology, called for stronger protection of personal health records, but not…

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Blue Button’ Lets Medicare, VA Patients Download Records

On the topic of downloadable personal health records, the policy paper  “The Download Capability”, published by the nonprofit Markle Foundation aims to promote the use…

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ReachMD’s Conference Coverage Highlights From Health 2.0 2010

This year’s Health 2.0 Conference held October 7th through the 10th in San Francisco, focused on the people and companies transforming all parts of the…

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How Private and Secure is Protected Health Information?

Gerry Higgins shares his thoughts on discussions that took place at “The Personal Health Record (PHR) Roundtable” where issues focused on security, privacy, and standards…

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PHRs and Privacy: Tackling Tough Issues

Surveys by the Markle Foundation confirm that consumers want to be able to review who has accessed their PHRs and want to be notified of…

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Survey Snapshot: The Public and Doctors Agree on Importance of Specific Privacy Safeguards

Markle’s six nationwide surveys to date have consistently found that the public expects electronic PHRs to be beneficial in health and health care management. The…

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Personal Health Records: The ‘Non-Use’ Case

“Never put the cart before the horse, unless he knows how to push it, of course.” This was the observation of country singer Pat Green in…

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Markle Task Force Visualization Part 2

The Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age shares its vision for how information can be effectively shared among the agencies responsible…

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Beginning in the Middle

A federal proposal to develop what was then called a National Health Information Network dates to 2004 and David Brailer, the first National Coordinator for…

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Blue Button Challenge Announces RememberItNow! as a Top Finalist at Health 2.0

The Markle Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) recognized RememberItNow! as a top finalist in their Blue Button Challenge announced at this year’s…

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Serious Apps for Veterans Health Records

In the new spirit of public/private partnership, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Health & Human Services are working with the Markle Foundation and the…