Events

November 10, 2009
Markle's Carol Diamond moderates "Patient Engagement: The Key to Changing Our Current Health Care System" at the 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress in Alexandria, VA.

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October 20-21, 2009
Markle's Carol Diamond joins a distinguished panel of leaders to discuss government policies with regard to ARRA funding, technology standards, and "meaningful use" of electronic health records at the Automating Health Information Conference & Expo in Arlington, Virginia.

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See the agenda.
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October 8, 2009
Brooklyn Law School hosts a seminar entitled E-health: New Challenges for Information Privacy and Security at its Center for Health, Science and Public Policy. Markle's chief of research, Stefaan Verhulst, will talk about the Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework and the privacy and security challenges of health IT in a panel discussion.

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July 30, 2009
The Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment of the US House of Representatives held a hearing to examine the progress and challenges of implementing a government-wide Information Sharing Environment. The hearing, Beyond ISE Implementation: Exploring the Way Forward for Information Sharing, explored recommendations for future improvements to information sharing between federal and non-federal partners. Witnesses included Jeffrey H. Smith of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Learn more about this hearing.
Read the news release.
Read Jeffrey Smith's testimony.

July 24-27, 2009
The Aspen Institute hosted the 2009 Aspen Health Forum in Colorado. This gathering of Nobel laureates, health care industry leaders, world-class medical scientists, policymakers, athletes, best-selling authors, journalists, public officials, and interested members of the public creates opportunities for a diverse group of knowledgeable professionals to exchange ideas, distill insights, and share new knowledge that can lead to better health for everyone. Markle president Zoë Baird was a featured speaker.

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Learn about the Aspen Institute.

July 20, 2009
Markle hosted a book presentation and luncheon for author Beth Simone Noveck's new publication, WIKI GOVERNMENT: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, and Citizens More Powerful, an innovative and informative look at the ways in which the power of networks can enhance political institutions. The event was simulcast on Second Life, with nearly 100 virtual participants convening on MacArthur Island.

Read about this event on the Second Life blog.
See photos of the MacArthur Island venue and virtual participants.
Watch a short video of Second Life participants.

July 15, 2009
Markle, the Center for American Progress, and the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings Institution co-hosted a forum on aligning health IT efforts with broader health care reform.

Speakers included David Blumenthal of the HHS Office of the National Coordinator, Todd Park of the Center for American Progress, Zoë Baird and Carol Diamond of Markle, and Mark McClellan of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings.

Read the news release.
See the agenda, key messages, and speaker bios.
Watch the webcast.

May 21-25, 2009
The International Communication Association (ICA) hosted its 59th Annual Conference, Keywords in Communication, in Chicago, Illinois. Markle chief of research, Stefaan Verhulst, participated in a panel discussion on the challenges of securing funding for research in an academic environment, and the particular difficulties junior scholars face when they have not yet established the kind of track record that is relevant to decision-making among funders.

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May 20-21, 2009
The National Committee on Vital Health and Statistics (NCVHS) Subcommittee on Privacy, Confidentiality & Security held a public hearing on Personal Health Records. Josh Lemieux, Markle's director of personal health technology, participated in the panel discussion entitled "What Will Consumer-Facing Health IT Look Like in 5 or 10 Years?"

See the full agenda.
Listen to the May 20 webcast.
Read our statement on personal health records.

May 20, 2009
Health IT and Health Reform: Linking Incentives to Drive Accountability and Value was hosted by the Brookings Institution in cooperation with Markle. It addressed strategies for coordinating recently enacted health IT incentives with other promising approaches to improving health care delivery. Markle's Carol Diamond moderated the panel discussion Delivering on the Promise of Health IT: Lessons Learned from Ongoing Initiatives.

Watch the webcast.
Learn more about the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings.

May 5-6, 2009
Markle's chief of research, Stefaan Verhulst, took part in the workshop Online Dispute Resolution in a Technology-Oriented Healthcare World in Washington, DC. The workshop was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the National Mediation Board. The event was organized by the Electronic Enterprise Institute and the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution.

The goals of the workshop included the following:

• Identify the key risks of disputes in the networked health information technology environment.
• Identify the best practices in avoiding and resolving such disputes and the need for new dispute prevention/resolution approaches in problem areas.
• Identify the computing and other research challenges inherent in supporting these practices.

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Click here for a list of meeting materials and research documents available for download.

April 30, 2009
Markle hosted the event Getting Health IT Right Under ARRA, a gathering of health and information technology leaders, congressional staff, and executive branch policymakers in Washington, DC. A panel of experts discussed the critical issues related to the health information technology provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Connecting for Health released new documents proposing strategic priorities for this economic stimulus law.

The event's objective was to sharpen understanding of what it will take to meet the law's goals of improving health care quality, reducing growth in health costs, encouraging innovation, and protecting the privacy and security of data.

Read Achieving the Health IT Objectives of ARRA (PDF, 453K)
Read the news release.
Learn more at Connecting For Health.

April 29, 2009
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS), the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and the Markle Foundation hosted a day-long workshop to generate recommendations for the President's team on energy and climate security. Taking their lead from the goals outlined in the Obama plan, four working groups focused on innovation, diversification of energy supplies and suppliers, conservation and efficiency, and infrastructure protection and geostrategic pressures.

Participants included leaders from the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and government agencies from the federal, state, and local levels.

April 28-29, 2009
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) convened its Executive Committee in Washington, DC to discuss the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), specifically as it relates to the incentive programs that are based on the "meaningful use" of electronic health record systems. Markle's Carol Diamond testified on the panel "Meaningful Use and Population/Public Health."

April 26-29, 2009
The Mayo Clinic National Symposium on Medical Education Reform seeks to identify and prioritize actions that are critical to transforming the health care education system. Markle president Zoë Baird moderated the opening session, "Cornerstones for Reform" on April 27, 2009. In this session, participants identified the transformative activities required for the health care system to achieve its goals of providing high value and coordinated care, and discussed what health care professionals need to learn, how they should learn and be evaluated, how appropriate care practices are maintained, and who pays for such education.

Click here to find out more about this symposium.
Read a summary of the opening session.

April 21, 2009
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security held a hearing entitled "Protecting National Security and Civil Liberties: Strategies for Terrorism Information Sharing." Zoë Baird and Slade Gorton of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age testified at this hearing.

Click here to watch the webcast.
Click here to find out more about the hearing.
Click here to read Zoë Baird's testimony.
Click here to read Slade Gorton's testimony.

April 17, 2009
The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information presented "User Generated Content 3.0: From Threat To Opportunity" at Columbia University's Teacher's College. This symposium reviewed the findings on current web user behavior and on evolving online business models to better understand how the contours of these new economic and social realities will ultimately evolve into "Web 3.0." Stefaan Verhulst, Markle's chief of research, was on the panel that discussed the future of copyright law and evolving public behavior, political and social polarization, and trust and accuracy in the evolving public sphere.

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April 9, 2009
New York University's Center on Law and Security hosted the forum "National Security: Can Washington Make It Work?" sponsored by the Markle Foundation.

Featured speakers included Michael Sheehan, Distinguished Fellow, Center on Law and Security; Jamie Rubin, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; and David Rothkopf, author, and visiting scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The forum was moderated by Zoë Baird, president of the Markle Foundation.

Watch the webcast of the event (RealPlayer required).
Read Reforming the Culture of National Security: Vision, Clarity, and Accountability

March 5, 2009
The White House convened a forum for key Health Reform leaders from the public and private sector and members of Congress to discuss ways of reducing health care costs and increasing medical coverage. Markle president Zoë Baird participated in this discussion.

Watch CSPAN coverage of the forum.
See White House blog and slideshow.
Read White House press release.