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Glossary to terms to associate with The Common Framework
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A description of an ideal state, circa 2015, in which health professionals, consumers, and others are connected across a secure network that supports decision-making based…
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This document is part of the Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information. The framework proposes a set of practices that, when taken…
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Improving health and health care depends upon accurate, timely, understandable, and relevant information in the hands of consumers, patients and health professionals, where and when…
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Summary Markle Connecting for Health, a public-private collaborative group whose goal is to advance health information technology in the public interest, is pleased to offer…
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The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Suite 615F Washington, DC 20201 Dear Secretary…
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Modern health care depends upon accurate, timely, understandable, and relevant information. Complete and useful information needs to be in the hands of patients, families, professionals,…
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David J. Brailer, MD, PhD Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dear Dr. Brailer: The…
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Dear Dr. Brailer: It has been our privilege to convene the patient and consumer organizations listed below to develop a statement of Patient and Consumer-focused…
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We encourage AHRQ and AQA to develop systems for nationally uniform performance measurement with a humble recognition of our limited and evolving understanding of what information users…
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We acknowledge a need for federal governmental leadership that accelerates the potential of PHRs to empower the consumer. However, certification should not be a governmental…
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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…