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Connecting for Health is working to realize the full potential of networked information sharing to improve health and health care, while protecting the privacy and security of personal health information. Welcome from Carol Diamond. 
"The most impressive part of Connecting for Health to me is how it helps people to listen and learn from the projects and points of view of others." » Read more — Peter A. Schad, PhD, Health Informatics Coordinator, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
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Consumer Authentication for Networked Personal Health Information: A New Common Framework Paper
Americans See Access to Their Medical Information as a Way to Improve Quality, Reduce Health Care Cost
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Connecting for Health Releases New Common Framework Document on Personal Health Records (PHRs)
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Private Health Records: Privacy Implications of the Federal Government's Health Information Technology Initiative
Remarks to Congress from Carol Diamond, MD, MPH
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Slide show: Overview of the Common Framework
Provides a basic overview of the Connecting for Health Common Framework model for information-sharing in a networked health information environment
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Better Decisions for Many, Not More Data for the Few
Carol Diamond's presentation at the Institute of Medicine promotes 21st Century thinking for population data challenges.
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Future vision scenarios
An illustrated vision for how health professionals, consumers, and others can be connected to timely health information.
Connecting for Health Responds to Government on Quality Data Stewardship
Collaborative response to the AHRQ/AQA Request for Information Regarding a National Health Data Stewardship Entity.
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The Connecting for Health First Principles
These principles articulate a set of operating assumptions we will bring to our work on network design to support health decision-making.
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See a Connecting for Health illustrated vision (requires Flash 8) of networked information supporting better decisions in health and health care.
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Center for Democracy and Technology Launches Major Project to Develop and Promote Privacy Policy Solutions for Personal Health Information
E-health: Putting Patients First The Weekly Digest
Sign up for the Markle Foundation's newsletter on information technology.» Click here. Healthcare Tech and the World: Data and Privacy
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