In the FWIW column, Chilmark Research submitted its comments on the Draft Recommendations for Meaningful Use, which were released on June 16th. Today at 5pm was the deadline and we barely made it (email time-stamp of 4:59pm). Following is the text of the email/comments we submitted to HHS and we certainly welcome your feedback, e.g. [...]
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Our Meaningful Use Comments
Posted in CMS, consumer health, EHR, EMR, PHR, policy, tagged ARRA HITECH Act, HHS, meaningful use, ONC on June 26, 2009 | 9 Comments »
ARRA, EHRs, Health Reform and ‘Meaningful Use’ Debate
Posted in PHR on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, myself and healthcare lawyer David Harlow gave our thoughts and views on ARRA legislation, the recently released draft recommendations for “meaningful use” and ” certified EHRs” in a social media experiment: Blog Post Radio. The purpose of the one hour broadcast was to provide listeners with further background on what is actually happening with [...]
<8hrs to Get Your Comments In
Posted in EHR, EMR, policy, tagged ARRA, HHS, HITECH Act, meaningful use, ONC on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The proverbial doors to get your comments in on the Draft Recommendations for Meaningful Use that were released on June 16th close late this afternoon at 5pm ET. Plenty has been written here by Chilmark Research on the topic of “meaningful use” (simply do a search) and we did a quick review on the recommendations [...]
HealthVault’s International Strategy
Posted in consumer health, Health Cloud, HealthVault, Microsoft, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, standards, telemedicine, tagged Telus on June 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
One of the more intriguing sessions at the recent Microsoft Connected Health Conference was that hosted by Mark Johnston, International Business Development Lead for Microsoft Health Solutions Group (HSG). During this session and follow-on conversations, Chilmark Research received a pretty clear picture of the HealthVault International strategy. Following is an overview of what we learned [...]
Information Fundamental to Knowledge
Posted in CCR, consumer health, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, standards on June 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The foundational element to knowledge, from which wisdom flows, is information. Without information one can not begin to understand. So why is it that we, as consumers, have such a hard time gaining access to our personal health records, our personal health information (PHI)? Without access to that information, are we left to go forth [...]
CHIP Chimes In: Let’s Build an iPhone Platform for HIT
Posted in EHR, EMR, HIT, mHealth, policy, tagged ARRA, CCHIT, iPhone, meaningful use, ONC on June 17, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Just received an email this afternoon from Children’s Health Informatics Progam (CHIP) here in Boston announcing the release of a workshop derived document: Ten Principles for Fostering Development of an “iPhone-like” Platform for Healthcare Information Technology. Not sure if release was serendepidous or not but timing is interesting in light of yesterday’s release of Draft [...]
Meaningful Use Draft is Tough to Swallow
Posted in consumer health, EHR, EMR, eRx, HIT, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, tagged ARRA, CPOE, HITECH, meaning, meaningful use, ONC on June 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Today, the Meaningful Use (MU) workgroup of ONC’s HIT Policy Committee presented its recommendations for what physicians and hospitals will need to demonstrate to obtain ARRA funding for “certified EHRs.” Chilmark listened in on the presentation and deliberations of the meeting and also downloaded the slide deck, following is our initial assessment. The MU workgroup [...]
Meaningful Use Hits the Streets Tomorrow…
Posted in EHR, EMR, policy, tagged ARRA, HITSP, meaning, meaningful use, ONC, Stimulus on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…or at least the first draft of meaningful use. As just about everyone who has not had their heads in the sand for the last four months knows, the definition of meaningful use is critical to future ARRA funding distribution for “certified EHR” adoption. It is being widely reported, including a direct quote from John [...]
The Borg Lives in Healthcare
Posted in consumer health, EMR, HealthVault, Microsoft, PHR on June 12, 2009 | 8 Comments »
In Star Trek, the Next Generation, the virtually insurmountable evil force in the Universe is the Borg, whose famous line to all who resist is: Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated. To some extent, that is the impression I walk away with from my attendance at the Microsoft Connected Health Conference. That indeed, Microsoft [...]
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