The federal government, via the HITECH Act, and many an EHR vendor are hoping for broad adoption of EHRs in the goal to digitize the healthcare sector, which today is honestly, pretty abysmal. And why is EHR adoption so low? Pretty simple really, EHR vendors have not adequately demonstrated to the market that there is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘HITECH Act’
Even with Incentives, Docs May Forgo EHR Adoption
Posted in consumer health, EHR, EMR, tagged ARRA, EHR adoption, HITECH Act on May 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
New Leadership for CCHIT – Will it Make a Difference?
Posted in EHR, EMR, HIE, PHR, policy, standards, tagged ARRA, CCHIT, Dr. Karen Bell, HHS, HITECH Act, ONC on April 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The organization that Chilmark Research has had, at times, a trying relationship with, CCHIT, otherwise known as the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has appointed a dear friend, Dr. Karen Bell as its new leader. Dr. Bell, who I first met while doing research on the PHR market, was instrumental in having me present [...]
iPad in Healthcare: A Game Changer?
Posted in consumer health, EHR, EMR, HIT, mHealth, policy, tagged adoption, Apple, ARRA, healthcare, HITECH Act, iPad, medical, medical education on April 8, 2010 | 18 Comments »
There have been a lot of discussions on the Net regarding the potential impact of the iPad in the healthcare sector. At this point, there is very little agreement with some pointing to the ubiquitous nature of the iPhone in healthcare as a foreshadowing of the iPad’s future impact, while others point to the modest [...]
Its Not About Meaningful Use
Posted in EHR, EMR, tagged adoption, HITECH Act, primary care on March 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
With the impending comment deadline for Meaningful Use (MU) fast approaching, many organizations, from CHIME to AHA to AAFP and others are asking for some form of relaxation of MU criteria in the final version. Now it is not to say these concerns are not justified, it just may be that they are misplaced for [...]
Atlanta Bound – HIMSS’10
Posted in EHR, EMR, HIE, HIT, tagged HIMSS'10, HITECH Act on February 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Three years ago while still very wet behind the ears on all things healthcare IT (HIT), I attended my first HIMSS conference. Having been to many conferences/trade shows before, some far larger than HIMSS, I was not intimated by the size, but I was quite intimated by a lack of the HIT vernacular (every industry [...]
The Great Land Grab of 2010 or the Play for State HIEs
Posted in HIE, policy, tagged ARRA, Axolotl, GE Healthcare, HHS, HITECH Act, IBM, Initiate, InterSystems, Medicity on February 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The first major distribution of HITECH Act funds occurred a couple of weeks ago when HHS awarded nearly $1 billion for HIT initiatives including $386 million to 40 states and territories to help establish public Health Information Exchanges (HIEs). This represents the lion’s share of the original $564 million allocated for Statewide HIE development under [...]
Relaxing Meaningful Use? Not Really
Posted in CMS, EHR, EMR, HIT, policy, Security, standards, tagged ARRA, HITECH Act, menaingful use on February 19, 2010 | 5 Comments »
There has been a lot of talk this week in the trade pubs about the HIT Policy Committee (HITPC) meeting on Wednesday wherein the committee recommended a relaxation of meaningful use (MU) requirements. But if one looks closer, the “story” is far deeper and certainly of more significance. If you frequent this site, you already [...]
Kick Starting HIEs: What Meaningful Use Asks for, What Feds are Willing to Pay
Posted in HIE, tagged ARRA, HITECH Act on February 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The release of draft Meaningful Use (MU) requirements at the end of December, finally provides clarity to what will be required of providers receiving ARRA funding under the HITECH Act to meet the 2011 objectives. Even though there are 25 specific requirements, the health information exchange (HIE) requirements were scaled back significantly from the original [...]
Acquisitions Creating White Hot Market for Healthcare IT
Posted in EHR, EMR, eRx, HIT, tagged acquisitions, ARRA, healthcare IT, HITECH Act, meaningful use on February 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Since the beginning of 2010 there has been a series of acquisitions in healthcare IT (HIT) market, which recently culminated in one of the largest, IBM’s acquisition of Initiate. Triggering this activity is the massive amount of federal spending on HIT, (stimulus funding via ARRA which depending on how you count it, adds up to [...]
IBM Strengthens Healthcare Play, Picks up Initiate
Posted in EHR, HIE, HIT, Microsoft, tagged acquisition, ARRA, HITECH Act, IBM, Initiate, Oracle on February 3, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This morning, IBM announced that it will acquire leading healthcare Master Data Management (MDM) vendor, Initiate for an undisclosed sum. The healthcare IT (HIT) sector is white hot right now so it is likely IBM paid a pretty penny for Initiate, the clear healthcare market leader in Master Patient Index (MPI) technology. Combining Initiate sales [...]
