by Chilmark Team | December 01, 2020
John Moore, Alex Lennox-Miller, Jody Ranck, Brian Murphy 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
by Chilmark Team | October 21, 2020
John Moore, Alex Lennox-Miller, Jody Ranck Virtual portal to the CHC event Last week, Cerner held part one of its two-part Cerner Health Conference (CHC). While we miss the opportunity to attend these meetings in person as it is far more insightful - thanks COVID – we did walk away
by Alex Lennox-Miller | October 13, 2020
Salesforce is betting EHRs cannot improve quickly enough to meet user-experience needs of industry. The Salesforce Healthcare and Life Sciences summit was a shot across the bow for EHRs. There was no mistaking the content of the presentations, the message of their tools and deployments, or the explicit questions focused
by John Moore | September 02, 2020
On August 25th, as I was undergoing a procedure at a local hospital, I tuned in to Epic’s virtual UGM keynote session to hear the latest and greatest from one of the leading health IT vendors in the market. While very informative, the event was stale. With plenty of time
by Alex Lennox-Miller | May 29, 2020
In years of attending my health care and technology industry conferences, - if we’re being honest - conferences were a waste of time. There were simply too many conferences with too many vendor and consultant attendees. COVID-19 has changed all of that. The in-person conference is, at least for the
by Chilmark Team | February 13, 2020
Once again, the Chilmark team is headed to Orlando for another HIMSS Global Conference and Exhibition. While many focus on the excitement in the exhibit hall and evening networking events, there is also a wealth of wisdom shared in educational sessions throughout the convention center all week. Here are our
by John Moore | January 20, 2020
Last week was the annual pilgrimage to San Francisco to attend the J.P. Morgan (JPM) conference. Actually, I do not attend the JPM conference itself, but several of the satellite events that happen concurrently. Home base is typically the
by John Moore | November 11, 2019
In the weekly roll-out of yet another healthcare IT conference, I recently attended the Allscripts Customer Experience (ACE) conference in Dallas TX. This is a far smaller, more intimate affair than that of either Epic or Cerner, with roughly 500 customers in attendance representing Allscripts' acute care base (Sunrise and
