Chilmark Research tends to shy away from the thorny, nearly intractable issues of privacy and security of Personal Health Information (PHI) (we’ll leave that to the lawyers and policy wonks to figure out). However one thing is very clear: As we continue to conduct more and more of our daily activities, both business and personal, [...]
Archive for the ‘PHR’ Category
Who’s Data is it Anyway?
Posted in consumer health, mHealth, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, tagged personal health information, PHI on February 13, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Free February
Posted in consumer health, Dossia, Google Health, HealthVault, Microsoft, PHR on February 2, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Let you in on a little secret. February happens to be the month in which I was born. So to celebrate, I’m giving you dear readers a birthday gift. For the month of February you can get a free copy of the full report: iPHR Market Report Analysis & Trends. Be forewarned that this report is [...]
Welcomed Changes for 2012
Posted in Cloud Computing, consumer health, EHR, Google, Google Health, HealthVault, HIE, mHealth, Microsoft, PHR, Privacy, telehealth on January 31, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Since its start in 2007, Chilmark Research has kept a fairly low profile as analyst firms go, focusing on a few discrete domains of healthcare IT (HIT). First there was patient and consumer engagement that led to the publication of our first report on Personal Health Records (PHRs). That first research effort led to a [...]
Looking Back on 2011 – What A Strange Year It’s Been
Posted in ACO, Acquisition, Analytics, Cloud Computing, consumer health, EHR, EMR, Health Cloud, health portals, HealthVault, HIE, mHealth, Microsoft, PHR, policy, RHIO, SaaS, standards, telehealth, tagged Direct Project, GE, HIMSS'12, mHealth on December 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »
It is almost becoming the norm to say that it has been another tumultuous year in the healthcare IT market. Market consolidation, pushback on timelines, growing chorus from IT departments that enough is enough against the backdrop of the political circus in Washington and across the land as we prepare for the 2012 election year. [...]
Microsoft Bows Out of the Clinical Market
Posted in ACO, consumer health, EHR, HealthVault, HIE, Microsoft, PHR, tagged Amalga, GE, Orion Health, Qualibria on December 8, 2011 | 20 Comments »
Today, GE and Microsoft announced a joint venture (JV) that will lead to the formation of a new company (NewCo) targeting the clinical healthcare market sector. The NewCo will be located near Microsoft HQ in Redmond, WA, start with roughly 700 employees and combine the remaining Microsoft clinical products, Amalga UIS and the former Sentillion products [...]
HIE Market Snippets
Posted in ACO, Acquisition, HIE, HIT, HL 7, PCMH, PHR, policy, RHIO, SaaS, standards on August 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In January, we released our HIE Market Report: Analysis & Trends which was extremely well-received. Sales have exceeded our rather optimistic projections – great for us. But what we are most proud of and honestly what keeps us going is that others are also gaining value from this report, especially those looking to purchase an [...]
A Comment, A Challenge
Posted in EHR, health portals, PHP, PHR on August 5, 2011 | 8 Comments »
While we receive many comments on this site to various postings, we received one this week that really caught our attention for a three reasons: 1) The author, Dr. Louis Siegel, speaks with some authority having not only been a practicing physician for many years but also an innovator/entrepreneur with a patent to his name [...]
Brief Counter on Statement Regarding PHRs
Posted in EHR, Google Health, health portals, HealthVault, Microsoft, PHP, PHR, tagged MyChart, patient portals on August 2, 2011 | 10 Comments »
PHRs are much like the tides, news about them ebbs and flows. Right now, with the relatively recent demise of Google Health, Dossia’s attempts at rebirth, and the significant inquiries we are receiving regarding meaningful use requirements to host a PHR (patient portal). But in and amongst all this Chilmark has heard on more than [...]
Going to Market – Dossia’s Numero Uno Challenge
Posted in consumer health, Dossia, PHP, PHR on July 27, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Since it’s founding five years ago Dossia has been able to entice only four companies more to join. Dossia is not exactly setting the world on fire and reeling in the multitude of large, self-insured employers to its ranks, which is particularly disturbing in light of the fact that virtually all employers are struggling with [...]
Dossia’s Rebuild – Is it Enough
Posted in consumer health, Dossia, Google Health, HealthVault, Microsoft, PHP, PHR, tagged Embody Health, Health Manager, Healthcare Blue Book, Intel, Mayo Clinic, Pitney Bowes, Wal-Mart on July 25, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Following closely on the ill-fated demise of Google Health, fellow Personal Health Platform (PHP) provider Dossia announced last week a major upgrade of their platform with the release of Dossia Health Manager. We received a deep product dive at the end of last week and spoke with Dossia’s new CEO, Mike Critelli this morning. Initial [...]
