(Note: This is the second of a two-part post.) Keeping it Local This is most representative of the status quo and the most realistic path forward for the vast majority of payers who typically operate at the local level. In this scenario, one or more health plans in a regional market partner with other community [...]
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Forecast and Ramifications of Payers in the HIE Market: Part Two
Posted in ACO, consumer health, EHR, health portals, HIE, HIT, policy, Privacy, tagged BCBS, Lumeris, NaviNet, payers on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Forecast and Ramifications of Payers in the HIE Market: Part One
Posted in Cloud Computing, EHR, HIE, policy, standards, tagged Lumeris, Medicity, NaviNet, Optum, payers on February 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The numerous changes in the healthcare sector are forcing stakeholders to develop new business models to prosper, to survive. Among health insurers, this means one thing: diversification. Health reform was the nail in the coffin of yesterday’s business model, a model that had no restrictions on margins, a model where payers sold to businesses, not [...]
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 »
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, [...]
Is Direct Undercutting the Viability of RHIOs?
Posted in ACO, Analytics, consumer health, HIE, policy, RHIO, tagged Medicity Project Direct on February 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Last week, a discussion got started on Google + by Brian Ahier about whether or not ONC’s aggressive support of Direct is undercutting many a Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO). What got this whole conversation started was an article in the January issue of JAMIA titled: Shifts in the architecture of the Nationwide Health Information Network. While [...]
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. [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How Not to Create an HIE
Posted in Cloud Computing, HealthVault, HIE, HIT, policy, tagged Carespark, consumer engagement, NH-HIO on August 10, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Sometimes, the job of an analyst can be so frustrating. A core part of the Chilmark Research charter is to educate healthcare stakeholders on critical trends in the marketplace that will lead to better, more successful adoption of IT and subsequently improve the health of the nation (if not the world). There are a couple [...]
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 [...]
