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2009

June 25, 2009
Broad Coalition Says Consumer Role Is Key to Improving Health and Health Care

April 30, 2009
Markle Foundation announces broad agreement on principles for Getting Health IT Right under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)


2008

June 25, 2008
Connecting for Health releases framework to increase consumer participation and protect information

January 24, 2008
Consumer Authentication Is Focus of New Common Framework Paper


2007

February 14, 2007
CSC and "Connecting for Health" Team Successfully Demonstrates Nationwide Health Information Network Prototype


2006

December 6, 2006
Americans See Access to Their Medical Information as a Way to Improve Quality, Reduce Health Care Costs

April 6, 2006
Health and Technology Leaders Release the Connecting for Health Common Framework for Initiating Private and Secure Health Information Sharing

February 8, 2006
Connecting for Health Prototype Successfully Moved Electronic Health Information Among Medical Record Systems in Three States on Three Independent Networks


2005

October 11, 2005
Americans Support Online Personal Health Records; Patient Privacy and Control Over Their Own Information are Crucial to Acceptance

June 6, 2005
Connecting for Health Statement on HHS Plans to Enhance Electronic Exchange of Health Information

June 1, 2005
Prototype for a Nationwide Information Exchange Launched by Connecting for Health

January 18, 2005
Leading Health Care and Information Technology Groups Endorse Common Framework for Health Information Exchange to Support Improvements in Health and Healthcare


2004

October 22, 2004
Connecting for Health Report Analyzes Business Case for Adoption of Health IT Systems

September 28, 2004
David Lansky to Join the Markle Foundation

July 14, 2004
Connecting for Health Report Recommends Specific Actions for Bringing Healthcare Into the Information Age

May 10, 2004
Department of Health and Human Services Actions Advance Goal of Electronic Health Information Infrastructure

Janurary 21, 2004
Connecting for Health Announces Commitment to Create Incremental Roadmap for Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Health Care


2003

June 5, 2003
Connecting for Health Unites Over 100 Organizations to Bring American Healthcare System Into Information Age

March 21, 2003
Connecting for Health Applauds HHS Secretary Thompson's Endorsement of Clinical Data Standards

March 21, 2003
Federal Government Announces First Federal eGov Health Information Exchange Standards
Released by The United States Department of Health & Human Services

March 13, 2003
Secretary Thompson Announces Steps to Reduce Medication Errors; FDA Proposals for Medication Bar Coding and Safety Reporting Will Improve Patient Safety
Released by The United States Department of Health & Human Services

March 6, 2003
Connecting for Health Applauds President Bush's Stance on Information Standards for Healthcare


2002

June 21, 2002
Markle Foundation Launches Initiative to Promote Adoption of Key Clinical Health Information Standards

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