Chilmark has not been a big fan of the National Health Information Network (NHIN) concept. It was, and in large part still is, a top heavy federal government effort to create a nationwide infrastructure to facilitate the exchange of clinical information. A high, lofty and admirable goal, but one that is far too in front [...]
Archive for the ‘Privacy’ Category
NHIN: The New Health Internet?
Posted in CMS, consumer health, EHR, Google Health, HealthVault, HIE, HIT, Microsoft, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security on October 1, 2009 | 14 Comments »
CCHIT has a Seat at Table – for Now
Posted in EHR, EMR, HIT, policy, Privacy, Security, standards, tagged CCHIT, HIMSS, HITECH Act, ONC. ARRA on August 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Today, the HIT Policy Committee met once again, this time to hammer out what the term “certified EHR” means within the context of future ARRA reimbursements to physicians and hospitals. Chilmark sat in on the discussions, here is our assessment of what transpired. (See yesterday’s post, below, as to why the Certification issue is critical.) [...]
Stuck in the Past: New HIE Model Required
Posted in Dossia, EHR, Google Health, Health Cloud, HealthVault, HIE, PHR, Privacy, tagged meaningful use on July 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
On July 16th, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) held a lengthy meeting of the HIT Policy Committee where a wide range of topics were addressed by various workgroups. As we reported earlier, the Meaningful Use (MU) Workgroup presented the second draft of recommendations, that were approved. Over the course of [...]
CONNECT: The Feds Answer to Health Info Exchange
Posted in EHR, Google Health, HealthVault, HIE, HIT, Privacy, standards, tagged Exchanges, HHS, NHIN, ONC on July 1, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The feds are beating the CONNECT drum. This week, ONC sponsored a two-day event in DC to begin educating the market as to what CONNECT is and how it may be leveraged to support information exchange. At least that is the impression one had in signing up for this event. In actuality, the event was [...]
HealthVault’s International Strategy
Posted in consumer health, Health Cloud, HealthVault, Microsoft, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, standards, telemedicine, tagged Telus on June 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
One of the more intriguing sessions at the recent Microsoft Connected Health Conference was that hosted by Mark Johnston, International Business Development Lead for Microsoft Health Solutions Group (HSG). During this session and follow-on conversations, Chilmark Research received a pretty clear picture of the HealthVault International strategy. Following is an overview of what we learned [...]
Information Fundamental to Knowledge
Posted in CCR, consumer health, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, standards on June 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The foundational element to knowledge, from which wisdom flows, is information. Without information one can not begin to understand. So why is it that we, as consumers, have such a hard time gaining access to our personal health records, our personal health information (PHI)? Without access to that information, are we left to go forth [...]
Meaningful Use Draft is Tough to Swallow
Posted in consumer health, EHR, EMR, eRx, HIT, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, tagged ARRA, CPOE, HITECH, meaning, meaningful use, ONC on June 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Today, the Meaningful Use (MU) workgroup of ONC’s HIT Policy Committee presented its recommendations for what physicians and hospitals will need to demonstrate to obtain ARRA funding for “certified EHRs.” Chilmark listened in on the presentation and deliberations of the meeting and also downloaded the slide deck, following is our initial assessment. The MU workgroup [...]
Health Records from Government Site Held for $10M Ransom
Posted in consumer health, Privacy, Security on May 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Late last week in the State of Virginia, someone hacked into the Virginia Dept. of Health Professionals (VDHP) website, downloaded all of 8M plus records and some 35M prescription records. Upon downloading the information, the hacker went on to erase all of the records on the VDHP servers and is now demanding a $10M ransom [...]
HealthVault & NY Presbyterian – Closing the Loop on Care
Posted in consumer health, EMR, Health Cloud, HealthVault, Microsoft, PHR, Privacy, tagged Epic, MyNYP.org, New York Presbyterian on April 6, 2009 | 16 Comments »
Today, New York Presbyterian (NYP) will announce a significant move forward in care coordination. Working with Microsoft for over a year, these two have co-developed an impressive platform called MyNYP.org. MyNYP.org is a consumer facing PHR solution for NYP customers that combines attributes of Microsoft’s two leading healthcare solutions, consumer-facing HealthVault and provider-facing Amalga. In [...]
What is HIMSS Afraid of?
Posted in Privacy, tagged CCHIT, HIMSS on February 25, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Wow, is Chilmark Research getting popular! Today, we received a letter from the law offices of Jackson Lewis LLP who are acting on behalf of HIMSS. It appears that this website has gained a certain notoriety through comments left by a “Calvin Jablonski” (search and you’ll find them) on a number of posts. As it [...]
