Policy makers keep wondering why physicians do not readily adopt EMR/EHR software. Under ONC’s first head, David Brailer, it was decided that a big problem was a lack of certification of EMR software to insure that it worked as advertised, which led to the founding of CCHIT. Funny thing though – despite CCHIT’s best efforts [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Usability & Adoption of EHRs
Posted in EHR, EMR, policy, standards, tagged CCHIT, HHS, HITECH, Stimulus, usability on May 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Consumer Role Post Stimulus
Posted in consumer health, EHR, PHR, policy, tagged ARRA, eHI, HHS, HIT, Stimulus Act on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After the $36B+ has been spent on what is hoped is the digitization of the healthcare sector via adoption of EHRs, what will be the consumer role? That was the question put to four speakers yesterday as part of the eHealth Initiative webcast that Chilmark Research participated in yesterday. Other speakers included: Phil Marshall of [...]
CCHIT Attempts to Set Record Straight
Posted in EHR, EMR, HIT, policy, tagged CCHIT, Dr. Kibbe, HIMSS, Mark Leavitt, Markle Foundation on May 27, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Mark Leavitt, the leader of CCHIT has apparently had enough and has gone on the offense with a recent post defending the organization he represents and attacking naysayers, particularly Dr. David Kibbe who was recently quoted in a Washington Post article. Is Leavitt’s post a desperate act from an organization who seems to be coming [...]
KP Flexing EMR Data for Public Health
Posted in Analytics, EHR, EMR, tagged healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, research on May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Don’t vaccinate your child for whooping cough and put them at a 23x greater risk of contracting this nasty disease. That is the finding of a research report released today by Kaiser-Permanente (KP). Last week Chilmark Research had the opportunity to speak with the lead researcher, Dr. Jason Glanz of KP on this research project [...]
Meaningful Use: A Driver for PHR Growth?
Posted in consumer health, Health Cloud, PHR, tagged ARRA, HHS, HITECH Act, meaningful use, PHR on May 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Information Exchange in support of care coordination is one of the three meaningful use criteria cited in the ARRA (Stimulus) legislation, with the other two being demonstrated use of eRx and ablity to provide quality reporting metrics. In many conversations and presentations though, it appears that the consensus view is that “Information Exchange” is that [...]
ONC Provides Roadmap for HITECH Act Execution
Posted in CMS, consumer health, EHR, EMR, HIE, HIT, policy, RHIO, standards, tagged ARRA, HITECH Act, ONC on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, ONC published an 8pg document that provides a roadmap for the important decisions that they will make in the coming months. Over on the industry news website, Healthcare IT News, John Halamka provides a good overview on some of the highlights of this fairly important document. Meaningful Use: Clearly, ONC is seeking to provide [...]
How to Win Billions for Your Members
Posted in PHR, tagged ARRA, HIMSS on May 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Washington Post on Saturday had an interesting article that profiles how HIMSS, through strong lobbying efforts, was able to land the huge ARRA windfall for its member HIT vendors. Great lessons here for those looking to tap the federal spigot, though doubt many will have such luck in timing as HIMSS had in this instance. [...]
A HITECH Operetta
Posted in PHR, tagged Friday Fun on May 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This is very well done – a great way to finish the week! Only thing missing is ICD-10 David Blumenthal, I’m surprised you could not find a place for this guy on one of your committees? Might he fit in one of the workgroups?
Want Healthcare Reform? Start Riding Your Bike!
Posted in consumer health, tagged bike commuting, cycling on May 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We talk about healthcare reform. We talk of an obesity epidemic. We talk of just a few, often preventable, chronic diseases that consume some 70%+ of healthcare expenditures. We talk of global warming and potential impact of warmer temperatures on infectous diseases. We talk of runaway increases in healthcare costs but token measures to reduce [...]
Tethered PHRs: Cutting the Umbilical Cord
Posted in consumer health, Google Health, Health Cloud, HealthVault, PHR on May 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Provider PHRs currently have the largest number of actual users, with Chilmark Research estimating that nearly 70% of all PHR use occurs on a provider-sponsored PHR. While this is certainly significant, one must remember that the PHR market is very immature, adoption is low and at about at the same level of EMR usage in [...]
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