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Letter from the Personal Health Technology Council to the AHIC

To Secretary Leavitt and the Members of the AHIC: We, the members of the Personal Health Technology Council, commend your leadership in promoting Guiding Principles…

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The Right General Direction

The Interim Final Rule (IFR) on health information technology (IT) standards marks a positive step forward in the nation’s efforts to improve health care by putting…

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Collaborative Statement on CMS and ONC Issuance of Proposed Regulations on Meaningful Use and Standards for the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program

The release of proposed federal health information technology (IT) “meaningful use” regulations and standards marks a major, positive step forward in the nation’s efforts to improve health…

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Demonstrating Meaningful Use of Health IT for 2011 and Beyond

On behalf of a broad range of health leaders, the Markle Foundation, Center for American Progress, and the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at…

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Linking Health Care Information: Proposed Methods for Improving Care and Protecting Privacy

Introduction This document outlines a strategy for linking patient information across multiple sites of care, developed by the Working Group on Accurately Linking Information for…

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Letter to HHS and the Office of Management and Budget on Meaningful Use

In this letter to HHS and OMB leaders, Markle Connecting for Health collaborators provide recommendations for the pending federal rule on ‘meaningful use’ of health…

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Comments on the Office of the National Coordinator’s Preliminary Definition of ‘Meaningful Use’

These comments are a response to the request for comment on the meaningful use definition released by the United States Department of Health and Human…

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Establishing Regional Centers to Assist Providers to Become Meaningful Users of HIT

The Markle Foundation’s Connecting for Health public-private collaborative has since 2002 brought together leading government, industry, and health care experts to accelerate the development of a health…

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Consumer Technical Brief

This policy brief explores how “Millie”—a 21st Century consumer—would benefit under a Common Framework to help her obtain and control electronic copies of her personal…

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Consumer Policy Brief

This policy brief explores how “Millie” — a 21st Century consumer — would benefit under a Common Framework to help her obtain and control electronic…

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Collaborative response flow chart

See how information passes from individual to shared network for easy, secure access to shared information.

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A 21st-Century Approach to Privacy

We need a 21st century privacy approach allowing Americans to protect and share health information to improve quality. Americans are eager to see the cost and…