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 [...]
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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 »
Re-entry into Healthcare
Posted in consumer health, EHR, mHealth, PHR, tagged Cerner, FDA, meaningful use, mHealth, ONC, Stage 2, WebMD on July 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
As with the last shuttle mission making its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere yesterday, I am re-entering the world of healthcare IT after an extended family vacation in the wilds of Alaska. No, I did not see John Halamka up there, it is after all a VERY BIG state, but I did get the chance [...]
Stepping in Where Google Health Left Off
Posted in consumer health, Dossia, Google, Google Health, HealthVault, Microsoft, PHP, PHR, tagged Cerner, Epic, GE on July 5, 2011 | 11 Comments »
A little over a week ago Google stated that it was putting a stake through the heart of their personal health platform (PHP) Google Health. We at Chilmark had been expecting this for some time, it was just a manner of when it would become official. Thus, we were somewhat taken aback by all the [...]
Looking at Healthcare Through Payer Lenses: Part Two
Posted in ACO, consumer health, PHR, policy, tagged Affordable Care Act, AHIP, AHIP Institute, healthcare reform, HIX, payers, PCMH on June 22, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Payers, as with the rest of the healthcare industry, have a lot on their plate right now. Healthcare reform, via the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues its march forward despite legal and political uncertainty. Struggling to define the payer role in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), understanding the impact of Health Insurance Exchanges (HIXs) on their [...]
HealthVault Continues to Build, & Google Health Still Useful
Posted in consumer health, Google Health, HealthVault, Microsoft, PHR, PHS on June 3, 2011 | 6 Comments »
This week, Microsoft’s HealthVault added a number of new enhancements to its platform including support for mobile access (only Windows 7 today, but they plan to launch support for Android and Apple’s iOS within the next few weeks). Wonder how it will look on the iPad? HealthVault will now auto-reconcile CCR and CCD data feeds [...]
Matches Made in Philly
Posted in ACO, Analytics, consumer health, HIE, PHR on May 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Last week an amazing event occurred. Ten young innovative companies that were chosen from nearly 30 applicants had the opportunity to sit down and make their pitch to 10 of the largest healthcare organizations in the northeast region. Through speed dating sessions of 15 minutes each and a voting and weighting process, ultimately two innovators [...]
Musings on PHRs & Consumer Engagement
Posted in ACO, consumer health, Dossia, Google Health, HealthVault, PHP, PHR, tagged HITECH Act, meaningful use on May 16, 2011 | 27 Comments »
The recent post on Google Health going into the deep freeze has solicited a number of emails, including some from the press. In one of those emails a reporter had spoken to several industry thought leaders to garner their opinions which follow: Consumers will not sign on to most Personal Health Platforms (PHPs) or services [...]
Google Health Put in Stasis
Posted in consumer health, Google, Google Health, PHR on May 9, 2011 | 17 Comments »
About a year ago we posted a piece that basically summed up Google Health as on its death bed. Google, of course was quick to defend itself saying that Google Health was very much alive and well. We even had a long conversation with the senior leadership of Google Health who told us they were [...]
Much Ado About Patient Portals
Posted in ACO, consumer health, EHR, EMR, Google Health, health portals, HealthVault, PHR, policy, tagged Group Health Cooperative, health affairs, Kaiser Permanente, meaningful use, patient engagement, Stage 2 on March 18, 2011 | 24 Comments »
From Chilmark Research’s perspective, patient portals are by and large Much Ado About Nothing. Sure, plenty of healthcare organizations (HCO) talk about patient access, engagement, and satisfaction and how they wish to empower their patients. They point to their glossy patient portal and say look at this wonderful tool we are providing for our patients. [...]
A Tale of Two Medical Records
Posted in CCD, CCR, EHR, EMR, HIE, HIT, PHR, standards on March 4, 2011 | 11 Comments »
This is a tale of my nearly year-long attempt to integrate my family’s medical records from a small outpatient provider (MIT Medical) into my Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect EMR. From 2008-2010 my family was living Boston where I was getting my MBA at MIT Sloan. We had been long-time Kaiser members before we moved to Boston [...]
