Another year, another Health 2.0 under the belt. This being the fourth time attending it is interesting to see how this event and its participants have evolved. Like many things in life, some things at Health 2.0 have changed, some have not, most for the better, but there remain some troubling aspects to this event [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Trickle Down Health or Health 2.0 Impressions
Posted in Cloud Computing, consumer health, Dossia, EHR, Health Cloud, mHealth, policy, SaaS, tagged Health 2.0, PaaS on September 30, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Who Will be the Salesforce.com of Healthcare IT?
Posted in Acquisition, Analytics, Cloud Computing, CMS, EHR, EMR, mHealth, Microsoft, tagged Axolotl, Covisint, CRM, Dreamforce 2011, Kryptiq, Medicity, Oracle, Salesforce.com, Siebel, SureScripts on September 7, 2011 | 24 Comments »
Last week was the massive Salesforce.com user conference Dreamforce (massive in that there were more attendees at Dreamforce then this year’s HIMSS!). We’ve been reviewing more than a few articles and writings written by those who attended the event. In the few short years of its existence (~13yrs) Salesforce.com has become one of the leading [...]
EHRs Deliver the Goods, or at Least the Quality
Posted in ACO, EHR, EMR, HIT, policy, tagged ACO, diabetes, NEJM, P4P, PCMH, quality on September 1, 2011 | 8 Comments »
There have been a number of research studies published that question the value of Electronic Health Records (EHRs), particularly as it pertains to improving quality of care and ultimately outcomes. Chilmark has always viewed these reports with a certain amount of skepticism. Simple logic leads us to conclude that a properly installed (including attention to [...]
