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Public and Doctors Alike Support Allowing Individuals to Download Their Own Health Information

Read the Survey Overview Key Findings Roughly 2 in 3 members of the public and doctors agree that people should be able to download their…

PHR Adoption on the Rise

Read the Survey Overview Key Findings 10 percent of the public surveyed report use of electronic personal health records (PHRs). A similar proportion of doctors…

3 in 4 Doctors Would Prefer Computerized Means to Share Patient Information with Each Other

Read the Survey Overview Key Findings Only 17 percent of the doctors surveyed said they use computer-based means predominantly to communicate with other doctors today….

Many Doctors and Patients Perceive Gaps in Their Communications

Read the Survey Overview Key Findings Nearly all doctors say their patients sometimes or most times forget potentially important things they are told. Substantial portions…

Survey Snapshot: The Public and Doctors Agree with ‘Blue Button’ Idea

Markle’s survey found that most of the U.S. public and doctors believe patients should be able to download and keep copies of their personal health information….

Trust but Verify

A doctor I see for my thyroid tumor recently made a mistake. While the recommendation of the specialist, an endocrinologist, in this case didn’t cause…

Implementing a Trusted Health Information Exchange

Keynote speech, which discusses Markle’s mission, programs, and values, the context of the current US health care, the disruptive power of information technology, Connecting for…

Connecting Americans with Their Health Care

Connecting Americans with Their Health Care, December 5 to 7, 2007, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA—an agenda for the entire conference.

Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Health Care

Markle Connecting for Health’s Roadmap for Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Healthcare calls for all stakeholders from across the healthcare industry to work together to build…