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 [...]
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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 »
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. [...]
mHealth: Seemingly Stuck in Neutral
Posted in Cloud Computing, consumer health, mHealth, telehealth, telemedicine, tagged mHealth Summit, mobisante, WellDoc on December 9, 2011 | 16 Comments »
As many readers know, Chilmark Research has been a strong proponent of mHealth for several years. Despite this enthusiasm, we sometimes come away from a conference, such as this week’s mHealth Summit, with the feeling that the only ones making a living with mHealth are conference organizers. Maybe it was the format of this particular [...]
Giving Thanks, Albeit Belatedly
Posted in Cloud Computing, EHR, HIE, mHealth, PACS, radiology, telehealth, telemedicine on November 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
While it would be much better to give thanks prior to our (the US’s) big Thanksgiving holiday, sometimes things just get in the way as has been the case this fall. In fact, many things have gotten in the way – all good things, very good things, but gotten in the way nonetheless leaving you [...]
Robust Processes Supported by Health IT Core to ACO Success
Posted in ACO, Analytics, CMS, consumer health, EHR, EMR, HIE, mHealth, PCMH, policy, standards, telehealth, telemedicine, tagged Accountable Care Organization, Medicare on April 4, 2011 | 4 Comments »
On March 31st, the HHS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) dropped its neutron bomb (proposed Accountable Care Organization (ACO) rules, caution PDF) on the healthcare industry. Much like the neutron bomb, the proposed rules will leave buildings standing, but any healthcare organization (HCO) planning to become a successful ACO will need to decimate [...]
2011 Predictions: MU Goes Tactical, ACO Strategic
Posted in ACO, Analytics, consumer health, EHR, HIE, mHealth, PCMH, PHR, telehealth on February 2, 2011 | 14 Comments »
In the Healthcare IT (HIT) market, 2010 was the year of meaningful use (MU). Healthcare organizations (HCOs) of all sizes developed plans, began making IT modifications and began adopting the technology they needed to meet Stage One MU requirements and subsequently receive incentive payments, some of which began being disbursed in late 2010. As we [...]
mHealth: Is it a Market?
Posted in consumer health, mHealth, policy, standards, telehealth, telemedicine, tagged mHealth Summit on November 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Been attending the mHealth Summit for the last 3 days and an over-arching theme has been: mHealth is unlikely to ever become a market in its own right. Backing up this claim have been the countless projects/products being presented at this event with very few having a model that is scalable across a broad population [...]
TeleHealth Still Waiting…
Posted in CMS, consumer health, mHealth, telehealth, telemedicine, tagged Connected Health Symposium, ZEO on October 25, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Last week’s Connected Health Symposium was once again an event about a sector just waiting to break-out of perpetual pilot stage. This was my 4th Connected for Health Symposium (it holds a special place in my heart as this was the very first HIT-related conference I ever attended) but in each and everyone, a dominant, [...]
Is the mHealth Hype Justified?
Posted in consumer health, Google Health, HealthVault, PHR, telehealth, telemedicine, tagged Deloitte, mHealth, PWC on September 10, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of hype regarding mHealth. In late August Deloitte published an Issue Brief: The Mobile Personal Health Record (mPHR) that led to the conclusion that an mPHR will become the “killer app” healthcare app for the consumer. Then we have PWC who released their own report: [...]
Shedding a Light on HIT – Beacon Awards
Posted in consumer health, EHR, HIE, HIT, mHealth, PHR, policy, telehealth, telemedicine, tagged ARRA, Beacon Community, HITECH Act on May 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Last week, the White House finally announced the 15 Beacon Award recipients who will split the $220M (roughly $15M each) to effectively leverage HIT to improve healthcare delivery in their communities. While many a community waited patiently for this announcement that was originally scheduled for sometime in March, it appears that the feds, and in [...]
