Yesterday, there was a press conference at Mt Sinai Hospital in Chicago with VP Joe Biden, HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius and ONC head David Blumenthal to announce the first major release of ARRA funds for HIT. The total amount, $1.16B will be distributed in 201o to address two priorities, setting up extension centers and helping [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Spigots are Opening: $1.16B for HIT in 2010
Posted in EHR, policy, RHIO, tagged ARRA, HITECH Act on August 21, 2009 | 8 Comments »
PHRs, What Are They Good For?
Posted in consumer health, PHR, policy on August 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Title of this post is the title of a session I’ll be moderating at the upcoming AHRQ conference to be held in Bethesda, MD from Sept 13-16. If you’ve been thinking of attending this free conference (its put on by the feds) you’ll have to register soon for as of yesterday the event was almost [...]
Chilmark Research Lands on Front Page of Information Week
Posted in PHR on August 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the top IT publications is Information Week, and Chilmark Research is feeling pretty good right now as we are on the homepage of both the main site, as well as their newly launched healthcare vertical site. Believe we will hold these positions until sometime on Monday. Information Week is a pub that I’ve [...]
CCHIT has a Seat at Table – for Now
Posted in EHR, EMR, HIT, policy, Privacy, Security, standards, tagged CCHIT, HIMSS, HITECH Act, ONC. ARRA on August 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Today, the HIT Policy Committee met once again, this time to hammer out what the term “certified EHR” means within the context of future ARRA reimbursements to physicians and hospitals. Chilmark sat in on the discussions, here is our assessment of what transpired. (See yesterday’s post, below, as to why the Certification issue is critical.) [...]
Oliphant Does it Again
Posted in PHR on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My favorite political cartoonist has done it again. In his uniquely poignant way Oliphant skewers health insurers. Having started my own business and gone out to seek health insurance for my family, I have some first hand experience with how payers treat individuals. Yes, they are weasels.
Certified EHRs? What Are They Gets Defined Tomorrow
Posted in PHR on August 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
If you have been following the discussions regarding future Stimulus funding for HIT via the ARRA, then you know that within the legislation that was passed, there are two key variables as to what the feds will actually provide reimbursement for under the ARRA. The key phrase in the legislation basically states that reimbursement will [...]
Bagging a 14er
Posted in PHR, tagged 14er, Castle Peak, Mountain hiking on August 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Been working from the western office of Chilmark Research high up in the Colorado Rockies for the last couple of weeks. And while I have certainly kept busy with various client engagements, tracking the happenings in DC, attending the Aspen Health Forum, etc., have also tried to find some time for myself to enjoy this [...]
Is Google Health Irrelevant?
Posted in consumer health, Google, Google Health, Health Cloud, HealthVault, PHR on August 6, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Scott Shreve, formerly of Medsphere, wrote a good post imploring Google to get back into the Personal Health Cloud game, a game where Microsoft HealthVault now appears to be the only game in town. Everything Scott says in his post Chilmark Research agrees with and we would even go so far as to say that [...]
Good, Bad & the Ugly at the Aspen Health Forum
Posted in consumer health, policy, tagged Aspen Institute Health Forum on August 4, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Little over a week ago, Chilmark Research attended the Aspen Institute’s Health Forum, that addressed an eclectic mix of health issues from the Pursuit of Happiness, to the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity, Food/Nutrition, to making the most of Stimulus funding for the Sciences. There was even a session on HIT. Following are a few snippets [...]
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