In March of 2006, the Markle Foundation and the the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released Connecting Americans to Their Healthcare, which examined the barriers to adoption of interoperable health information systems that provide for significant patient access and control.
The report found three principal recommendations for action for 2004 to 2006:
- Increase public understanding of the value of connectivity in healthcare through a coordinated, public-private communications campaign.
- Seek vendor and provider agreement to a body of specific and comprehensive design principles and policies.
- Conduct a small number of PHR demonstration projects that incorporate both the “common framework” recommended by the Connecting for Health Roadmap and the PHR design principles and policies recommended in this report.
For more information, please contact Majd Alwan at (202) 508-9463.