Chilmark Research is publishing two perspectives of this year’s UGM. Elena provides a perspective...
UGM’22: Perspective of a Newbie
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Quality Care Concerns at the VA
The VHA provides care on a massive scale across the country, often poorly. Can industry-wide EHR transformation and oversight improve care for our veterans?
More Hubris than Humility
Oracle’s Cerner acquisition took a turn for the eyebrow-raising with the latest ambitious announcements last week. Are their goals realistic or ridiculous?
The Repercussions of Oracle’s Acquisition of Cerner
Ever-savvy Oracle is all but certain to profit from the Cerner acquisition, but what’s ahead for Cerner’s customers, clinicians and the EHR market?
SDoH, Data Standards, and Innovation for Unstructured SDoH Data
Social determinants of health (SDoH) are an increasingly important component of patient data; new standards and strategies for utilizing it will shape market growth.
Hot Take | Immunization Tracking: A Uniquely Pertinent Case for Interoperability
In this Hot Take, our Director of Research, Brian Murphy, digs into a timely example of one of the important ways healthcare interoperability is currently lacking: easily accessible immunization records.
Health Data for Sale – Get Yours Here!
While the selling of patient data for research has been going on for years, this latest gold rush is being driven by the confluence of two specific factors.
Looking to the Future – 2021 Predictions
Unlike past years when we have written a post evaluating how well our predictions for that year...
athenahealth: Stepping Out
Roughly a year ago, athenahealth held its first analyst event. This event came on the heels of
athenahealth’s protracted battle with an activist investor that ultimately took the company private and led to the exit of their flamboyant CEO, Jonathan Bush. That first event seemed more designed to assuage fears and sow trust in the new leadership team.