Last week we attended the big healthcare IT confab HIMSS in that grand city of sin, Las Vegas. While many spoke of how HIMSS hit an all time record of over 37K attendees (an impressive number), HIMSS is still dwarfed by what is arguably the largest US-based healthcare trade show, RSNA, which had a 2011 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘meaningful use’
HIMSS’12 Take-away: Follow the Money
Posted in ACO, Cloud Computing, CMS, EHR, HIE, HIT, mHealth, PCMH, tagged HIMSS'12, meaningful use, MEDSEEK, RelayHealth, Stage 2 on February 26, 2012 | 8 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 [...]
Rational Thought Infects HITECH
Posted in ACO, EHR, EMR, policy, tagged HITECH Act, meaningful use on May 19, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Couple of weeks back the HIT Policy Committee began to seriously consider what a delay of Stage Two meaningful use (MU) might look like. This push for a delay is being driven in large part by EHR vendors. The problem is one of timing. While Stage Two rules are to be released on June 8, [...]
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 [...]
Remember: Technology is but a Tool
Posted in EHR, EMR, policy, Security, standards, tagged HITECH Act, meaningful use, ONC on March 29, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday, Chilmark Research participated in the CRG conference, Driving Change Through Managed Care IT from Provider Payments to Quality, which was held in New York City. Despite having a title that no one will be able to remember, the overall theme of the event and presentations therein gave one a bird’s eye view into what [...]
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. [...]
mHealth in the Enterprise Set to Explode
Posted in EHR, mHealth, tagged ARRA, CDS, charge capture, CPOE, HIS, HITECH Act, iOS, iPad, iPhone, meaningful use, smartphone, tablet, touchscreen tablet on November 22, 2010 | 14 Comments »
The rapid adoption of smartphones and now touch-screen tablets (e.g., iPad) by clinicians will trigger enormous growth in the use of mHealth Apps within healthcare enterprises, with the market for mHealth in the enterprise projected to reach $1.7B by end of year 2014. Similar to the hockey stick growth for mobile shown in the slide [...]
Meaningful Use Perspectives & Resources
Posted in consumer health, EHR, EMR, HIE, policy, Privacy, Security, standards, tagged Blumenthal, Halamka, HITECH Act, meaningful use on July 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Everyone seems to have an opinion, or at least has written something, about the final Meaningful Use (MU) Rules that were released on July 13th. Of the multitude of posts and articles out there on the net, there the top three to get you started are: 1) ONC Chief, David Blumenthal’s article in the New [...]
Meaningful Use Rules Drop Today
Posted in CMS, consumer health, EHR, EMR, HIT, policy, standards, tagged healthcare reform, HITECH Act, Innovation Center, meaningful use on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Nearly a year after the HIT Policy Committee’s meaningful use recommendations were approved by ONC chief Dr. David Blumenthal, an extensive comment period that solicited some 2,200 comments, the final Stage One meaningful use rules will be released today at 10:00am. Details for today’s conference call are: WHAT: CMS and ONC will host a press [...]
Ramping Up for MU Rules, CMS Launches New Site
Posted in EHR, EMR, policy, tagged ARRA, CMS, HHS, HITECH Act, meaningful use on June 21, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Today, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new site that is basically an everything you wanted to know about meaningful use, ARRA, the HITECH Act, certified EHRs, etc., but were afraid to ask. This is a reasonable attempt by CMS to get as much information online, in one location, that addresses [...]
