Since I began down this path of exploring, researching and reporting on the healthcare IT (HIT) market many have helped along the way. Some have been active mentors, others passive but all have helped me learn about the myriad of issues that revolve around HIT, a market in which I still feel at times I [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Along the Path, Many Thanks to Give
Posted in PHR on November 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
ONC Reaches Out with Health IT Buzz
Posted in consumer health, EHR, HIE, policy, tagged HITECH Act, Stimulus Bill on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, Dr. Blumenthal, head of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) who is tasked with the roll-out (setting policy) for all that HIT stimulus funding under the HITECH Act, launched his own Blog: Health IT Buzz. With over 20 comments so far, this Blog has generated a ready following. Now the question is: Can [...]
PHAT: Mash-Up on Healthcare IT
Posted in consumer health, EHR, EMR, HIE, HIT, PHR, policy, RHIO, tagged Harvard School of Public Health, keas, PHAT on November 19, 2009 | 8 Comments »
On Monday, I participated in the Harvard School of Public Health event, Public Health and Technology (PHAT) which brought together a diverse views of healthcare, reform and the role that IT will play. The morning session focused on the status quo so to speak addressing the challenges of HIT in the clinical setting and the [...]
Covisint Jumps onto PaaS Bandwagon
Posted in EMR, Health Cloud, HIE, Privacy, RHIO, Security, tagged AMA, Axolotl, Covisint on November 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago Chilmark Research did a small piece on the need for HIE vendors to move beyond silo’d standalone exchanges to a Platform as a Service (PaaS) model. In the write-up, the HIE vendor Axolotl was mentioned for their recent announcement of a third party image viewing app that was now available [...]
Blumenthal Beats HITECH Drum
Posted in EHR, EMR, HIE, policy, RHIO, standards, tagged Blumenthal, Health Internet, HHS, HITECH Act, NHIN on November 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday, David Blumenthal published a very thoughtful post on the HITECH Act as a foundation for information exchange in which he reflected on his own personal experience as a doctor. That experience included the often frustrating realization that he could not obtain a complete longitudinal record of his patients (customers) due to either (or both) [...]
Harvard Health Forum to Tackle Consumer HIT
Posted in consumer health, Dossia, EHR, policy, tagged Harvard Scool of Public Health on November 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Next Monday I’ll be participating in the Public Health & Technology (PHAT) Forum at the Harvard School of Public Health, an event by and large organized by Harvard’s Public Health grad students. I feel honored to be moderating the afternoon panel that will address “Patient Empowerment Through HIT.” Last I heard, there were still a [...]
PaaS Challenges for HIE Vendors
Posted in HIE, tagged cloud computing, PaaS on November 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday’s post took a look at the future for the Health Information Exchange (HIE) market putting forth the projection that successful HIEs will move towards a platform as a service (PaaS) cloud computing model. Market forces (meaningful use) and simple logic are driving this transition. Since putting up the post, Chilmark has received several emails [...]
Rant: Huffington Post No Friend to Small Business
Posted in PHR, tagged Huffington Post on November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A bit miffed right now with the Huffington Post. A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by one of their reporters regarding the proposal to rename and refocus the federal government’s National Health Information Network (NHIN) the Health Internet. The reporter did a fine job on the article, well researched, well written and I [...]
HIEs, Future PaaS for Healthcare?
Posted in EHR, EMR, HealthVault, HIE, Microsoft, PHR, policy, tagged Axolotl, Covisint, dbMotion, ITdotHealth, Medicity, RelayHealth on November 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
An interesting, and somewhat overlooked press release came out last week from the health information exchange (HIE) vendor Axolotl wherein they announced that a third party independent software vendor (ISV), eHealth Global Technologies, would be available on top of the core Axolotl HIE application, Elysium Exchange. The new app, Elysium Image Exchange allows for secure [...]
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