Health Archives | Page 10 of 18 | Markle
Health Archives | Page 10 of 18 | Markle

Library Category: Health

Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Health Care: Summary of Organizational and Governance Recommendations

To encourage the government to enable organizational and governance progress as well as the industry to move forward and begin to develop the tools necessary to…

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…

The Mother’s Bond

My son Alex suffers from hydrocephalus, an uncommon condition that forces an abnormal accumulation of fluid inside his brain. His condition is treated with insertions of…

Is Overreliance on Technical Standards Undermining Efforts to Use IT to Transform the U.S. Health System?

Considers whether efforts on technology standards absent alignment of policy objectives and financial incentives is “magical thinking” and reports that the nation’s health IT coordinator…

Health Information Exchange: ‘Lex Parsimoniae’

Article covers the health information exchange (HIE) it’s details and how it will change America should it be fully integrated – by creating a consistent…

Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Health Care: Summary of Financial Incentives Recommendations

Findings:  Financial incentives need to be realigned to promote quality care improvement via IT adoption, connectivity, and information exchange among all health care providers. Financial incentives of…

Model Sub-Network Organization Terms and Conditions: Topic List

Model Sub-Network Organization Terms and Conditions Topic List Introduction: This document (“Topic List”) describes the issues addressed by the Model Terms and Conditions of a…

Response to New Federal Health Data Breach Notification Requirements

Markle, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and others comment on the new federal health data breach notification provisions to be administered by the US…

Objective Standards Needed for Evaluating Information Breaches

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