Health IT and the Recovery Act Archives | Page 4 of 5 | Markle
Health IT and the Recovery Act Archives | Page 4 of 5 | Markle

Library Category: Health IT and the Recovery Act

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…

Health IT Investments that Improve Health Care

To achieve the desired impact and value from health IT investments, funding efforts should incorporate both information policy and technology attributes that foster trust and…

Standards Within the Context of the Health IT Initiative

In testimony before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Subcommittee on Standards, Carol Diamond, MD, MPH discusses the importance of setting clear…

Achieving the Health IT Objectives of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

With the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), Congress established new Medicare and Medicaid incentives to stimulate critically needed investments in health information technology (health…

Collaborative Comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program

The release of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‘ (CMS) incentive program for the Meaningful Use of…

Privacy, Security, and Health Information Exchange:

Identifies the policy issues that lead to trust (cross-cutting issues, obtaining patient notification and consent, appropriate uses of health information, identifying records that belong to…

Collaborative Comments on Federal Health Data Breach Notification Requirements

Since 2002, the Markle Foundation’s Connecting for Health Initiative has brought together leading government, industry and health care experts to accelerate the development of a health information-sharing…

Testimony of Josh Lemieux on Personal Health Records

In this testimony, Josh Lemieux, Director, Personal Health Technology, Markle Foundation, discusses personal health records and other electronic information and communication tools that hold significant potential…

Testimony to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Subcommittee on Standards

Topics include setting objectives, information sharing and standards, a new urgency for results, new privacy policies, accountability for results, shaping technology policy to measurable health…