The National Health Information Network (NHIN), which was the previous ONC head’s (Kolodner) top priority, or at least seemed that way is a concept that has its advocates and detractors. To date, we have been more of a detractor as the original NHIN was a very heavy, top down approach by the federal government to [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Making Sense of the NHIN
Posted in CCD, CCR, CDA, HIE, RHIO, tagged NHIN, NHIN Direct on April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Thousand Apologies
Posted in PHR on April 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Note to Readers and Vistors of this Site… Been about two weeks since I last put up a piece and I beg your forgiveness. In nautical terms (I was after all trained as an Ocean Engineer) water has been coming over the transom far faster than I can bail it out. Not that this is [...]
Survey Uncovers Strong Growth in PHR Usage
Posted in consumer health, Dossia, Google Health, HealthVault, Microsoft, PHR, policy, tagged CHCF, PHR adoption on April 13, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Today, the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) released a consumer survey report looking at perspectives on healthcare IT, privacy of personal health information (PHI) and use of internet tools, such as PHRs to manage their health or health of a loved one. Having reviewed the slide deck and survey/data report (have taken the liberty of [...]
New Leadership for CCHIT – Will it Make a Difference?
Posted in EMR, PHR, HIE, EHR, policy, standards, tagged CCHIT, ONC, HHS, HITECH Act, ARRA, Dr. Karen Bell on April 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The organization that Chilmark Research has had, at times, a trying relationship with, CCHIT, otherwise known as the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has appointed a dear friend, Dr. Karen Bell as its new leader. Dr. Bell, who I first met while doing research on the PHR market, was instrumental in having me present [...]
Off to the Kill
Posted in PHR, tagged cycling, tour of battenkill on April 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Tomorrow is the Big Day. Tomorrow I race the Queen of the Classics, the Tour of Battenkill. Though I originally intended, maybe half jokingly in this year’s predictions, to “podium” (that’s a top three spot for you non-racer types) in my category at Battenkill, I have now set my sights a tad lower as I [...]
iPad in Healthcare: A Game Changer?
Posted in consumer health, EHR, EMR, HIT, mHealth, policy, tagged adoption, Apple, ARRA, healthcare, HITECH Act, iPad, medical, medical education on April 8, 2010 | 18 Comments »
There have been a lot of discussions on the Net regarding the potential impact of the iPad in the healthcare sector. At this point, there is very little agreement with some pointing to the ubiquitous nature of the iPhone in healthcare as a foreshadowing of the iPad’s future impact, while others point to the modest [...]
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