Markle Foundation

The Grill: Zoë Baird

As head of the Markle Foundation, she brings IT to bear on two of today's most pressing issues: health care and national security.

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Slade Gorton Joins Markle Board of Directors

Former US senator and attorney general for the state of Washington and member of the
9-11 Commission is elected to a 3-year term on the Markle Foundation's Board of Directors.

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8 Years After 9/11

An effective information sharing environment to prevent future attacks is still needed and must remain a priority. New National Security briefs offer recommendations for ensuring authorized use and discoverability of information while protecting privacy and civil liberties and changing the culture of government.

Go to National Security Briefs.

Critical Implementation Decisions for Health IT in the Recovery Act

Markle and collaborators comment on 'meaningful use' of health IT, Regional Extension Centers, and key privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

See the Markle Connecting for Health consensus statement on meaningful use.

See comments on Extension Centers, breach notification, and consumer preferences.

Aligning Health IT and Health Care Reform

Dramatic improvements are possible with smart alignment of health IT and health care reform. Learn about a collaboration by Markle, Center for American Progress, and the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings.

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Read the collaborative response to ONC.

See the event agenda, key messages, and speaker bios.

Watch the webcast.

Models for Trusted Information Sharing

Claudia Williams, Markle's director for health policy and public affairs, speaks before the Health IT Policy Committee on privacy, public trust, and the architecture choices to support trusted information sharing.

Read testimony.

Implementing Energy and Climate Security Goals

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) examines the role of the federal government in protecting and promoting the nation's energy security.

Read The Obama Plan for Energy and Climate Security.

Learn more about the Big Energy Map.

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The Markle Weekly Digest

Keep up with the latest news on emerging information technology related to health and national security.

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Markle's Health initiatives focus on the development of policies to help consumers and clinicians improve the health of all citizens, and accelerate the use and implementation of new technologies to strengthen the nation's health care system.

Read or download The Common Framework.
Learn more about Connecting for Health.
Read or download Katrina Health: Lessons Learned.

Markle's National Security program focuses on mobilizing information and technology to improve national security while protecting the civil liberties of all Americans.

Learn more about the US Energy Security project.
Find reports and more information about the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Markle has an extensive library of publications, speeches, presentations, and multimedia resources available for immediate viewing or download.

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Read about Health Projects.
Read about National Security Projects.

Markle Advisory Briefs

As part of our efforts to help inform policy and decision making, Markle publishes a series of advisory briefs and working papers that focus on key technology and policy issues, critical attributes, and expectations in health and national security.

Read 'Meaningful Use' letter to HHS and OMB leaders (PDF, 134K)
Read Achieving the Health IT Objectives of ARRA (PDF, 453K)
Read Nation At Risk: Policy Makers Need Better Information to Protect the Country (PDF, 367K).
See more advisory briefs.

Developing New Energy Security Policies for the US

On April 29, 2009, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) convened a group of thought leaders to discuss how to implement President Obama's energy and climate security goals. The conference was the culmination of the year-long Markle-supported CNAS project called the Big Energy Map, which examines the role the federal government in protecting and promoting the nation's energy security.

Read The Obama Plan for Energy and Climate Security (PDF, 2.3 MB)
Learn more about the April 29th conference.
Learn more about the Big Energy Map.
Go to the Markle Energy Security Project page.

Common Framework: Connecting Consumers to their Health

Connecting for Health released a new compendium of Common Framework documents defining a set of practices that can help protect personal health information and enhance consumer participation in online health records.

Read or download The Common Framework.
View the presentation A 21st-Century Approach to Privacy.


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