In late March, I headed down to Belize with a bunch of high school students to do some service...
Here an HIE, There an HIE, Everywhere an HIE
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Innovation: What is it?
If it is one thing that the healthcare IT industry doesn’t lack, it is innovation – or it least innovation on the edges. From Sanofi, to HHS, to Cigna and other stakeholders, there seems to be no lack of challenges, code-a-thons and the like but one has to wonder, do the results of any of these challenges actually end up in the hands of consumers and/or clinicians?
A Layer Above it All: Healtheway’s Value Prop
Now that NwHIN has been spun-out into the public-private entity Healtheway one has to wonder...
Moving to HIE 2.0
This week I had the pleasure to be the keynote speaker at Orion Health's HIE User Conference in...
Limits and Lags in Healthcare Productivity
In a recent Health Affairs blog, Alex Goldsmith does a back-of-the-envelope analysis of the...
The Promise of a Little Blue Button
Yesterday, I was in Washington DC to attend ONC's Consumer Health IT Summit. While having high...
Struggling to Understand or Data Does Not Equal Empowerment
Recently upon leaving my doctor's office I was presented with a print-out of my visit summary....
Why We Won’t See EHR Consolidation Anytime Soon
All too frequently I get the question: When will we see the EHR market consolidate? Not an...
Some Areas We Covered in May Monthly
Earlier this year Chilmark Research launched its latest service, the Chilmark Advisory Service...