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Article: Broad Coalition Says Consumer Role Is Key to Improving Health and Health Care
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- June 25, 2009
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Amy Martin, The Markle Foundation, +1-202-745-5118
Organizations Endorse Markle Foundation Collaboration to Increase
Consumer Access to Personal Health Information and Protect Privacy
Information Technology for Health Care Reform Should Increase
Consumer Participation
NEW YORK, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The future of health
care should encourage expanded use of information tools to help
consumers better manage their health, 56 diverse organizations said
today as they embraced a framework for personal health information
access and privacy.
"Consumers need to be full participants in modern health
information tools and services to help them prevent ...