Chilmark Research was contacted earlier this week by CNBC, via Twitter, regarding a story they were doing on iPad adoption in healthcare. Always nice to see a well done story on the topic (hat’s off to CNBC producer Ruth Coxeter and reporter Bertha Coombs). Of course, seeing Chilmark Research prominently quoted sure puts a smile on our collective faces. (Note: The 22% iPad adoption number quoted in the CNBC story came from our recent mHealth Report in the Enterprise Report which was published in November 2010.)
Chilmark Research forms Elite Advisory Board of Seasoned Healthcare Executives
Leading healthcare IT industry analyst firm Chilmark Research today announced the formation of the company’s first-ever Advisory Board. This new committee was established to represent a variety of roles and experiences within the healthcare industry, ensuring diversity in both expertise and personal experiences with the U.S. healthcare ecosystem.
Congrats on the article – and it really is great to see HIT as the biggest beneficiary of tablets generally. For me, the two big takeaways were:
“For the doctors who will have input much of that data, a lightweight, portable tablet that can be used at a patient’s bedside fits the bill.”
“I would call this a perfect storm for medicine,” said Dr. John Halamka, chief information officer at B.I. Deaconess. “You have alignment of funding; a cultural change where doctors want to use devices to improve quality; you also have new devices and new software that is much easier to use.”
Whatever the device brand – with docs actually using it – and driving better healthcare – that’s called BIG success!
Kudos on the TV spot.
Anecdotal evidence points to high levels of physician adoption for the iPad, too. Apple store retail employees I’ve spoken with estimate between 1/10 and 2/10 iPad customers say they’re physicians or healthcare professionals. Quite a strange world we live in today, where doctors are forcing a new technology on their IT staff, and not the other way around!