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NewsPatients, docs agree on health IT basics
Roughly 80 percent of doctors and patients agree that it's important for providers and hospitals to share information electronically to improve care coordination, cut unnecessary costs and reduce Read more...
Markle survey shows strong consumer, physician support for 'blue button' downloads
Remember the idea of adding a "blue button" to EMR screens to make it easy to output personal health data? The Markle Foundation, which has been leading the campaign, has released a study showing Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Markle offers own definition of 'meaningful use'
Jumping into a game that is drawing an quickly-growing list of players, the Markle Foundation has offered its own guideline for defining "meaningful use" of EMRs--i.e. use that qualifies for Medicare Read more...
DoD launches personal health record with Microsoft, Google
Well, the personal health record (PHR) has officially become mainstream when the U.S. Department of Defense embraces it. The DoD, which apparently had its own PHR in place previously, is leveraging Read more...
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