Special Note: When this post first went up an image of a tornado was used as a metaphor for the...
Fostering Innovation in Healthcare IT
As in most sectors, innovation in healthcare IT (HIT) is by and large incremental. A tweak here...
Is Partnership for Patients Just Deja Vu?
On Tuesday, to a tremendous amount of fanfare, HHS announced it will invest $1B in the Partnership...
Robust Processes Supported by Health IT Core to ACO Success
On March 31st, the HHS's Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) dropped its neutron bomb...
Remember: Technology is but a Tool
Yesterday, Chilmark Research participated in the CRG conference, Driving Change Through Managed...
Learning from Mistakes: The Minnesota Story
Chilmark rarely references other reports and articles as the foundation for a post on this site....
Much Ado About Patient Portals
From Chilmark Research's perspective, patient portals are by and large Much Ado About Nothing....
3 Questions: A Conversation with Dr. Blumenthal
This week, the well regarded periodical, Health Affairs published its annual issue that focuses on...
HIMSS11 Shrinking the World Down One Size
Like Dilbert, I left HIMSS11 with a sense of scale that was somewhat skewed. The first time...