Hard to believe that we are on the final stretch of 2010 and in little more than a week we will be ushering in the New Year. But before this year comes to a close and we reflect on what has passed and what is to come, we at Chilmark Research want to wish all [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Season’s Greetings from the Western Office
Posted in PHR on December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
NaviNet Acquires Prematics: a Testament to the Ubiquity of Smartphones in the Exam Room
Posted in consumer health, EHR, mHealth, tagged acquisition, NaviNet, Prematics on December 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Last week, NaviNet announced its acquisition of Prematics, a company founded a few short years ago targeting the market for mHealth provider solutions. While there are significant synergies and overlap between the two companies’ product offerings, NaviNet’s main driver with this acquisition was to extend itself beyond the desktop and into to the exam room [...]
Analysis: Aetna Jumps into HIE Market Acquiring Medicity
Posted in ACO, Analytics, HIE, HIT, PCMH on December 7, 2010 | 10 Comments »
First it was United Health Group’s (UHG) Ingenix Division’s acquisition of leading HIE vendor (and top competitor to Medicity) Axolotl. Then this morning Aetna counters by acquiring Medicity. In just a few short months these two payers have completely changed the landscape of the HIE market by acquiring the two leading HIE vendors in the [...]
Another HUGE Acquisition in HIE Market
Posted in HIE, HIT, tagged acquisition, Aetna, Axolotl, Ingenix, Medicity on December 7, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Just as we are trying to put the final touches to the forthcoming HIE Market Report, another major HIE vendor gets acquired and again it is a very big fish swallowing a small and very pricey little fish. Geez, they are making our life difficult here at Chilmark. This morning, Aetna announced that it will [...]
