Jan 14, 2010 | Annual Predictions, Care Management, CMS, Connected Health, Engagement, HealthVault, Interoperability, mHealth, Policy
Plenty of top ten predictions on any number of topics, but it is rare to find one focusing on healthcare IT, Chilmark Research’s bailiwick. And while we may be just a little late in getting this out there onto the streets, it is mid-January after all, our quick...
Jan 12, 2010 | CCD, consumer health, Engagement, HealthVault, Uncategorized
Yesterday, MediConnect announced that it had acquired Florida-based PHR vendor, PassportMD. The acquisition is a good move by MediConnect as it will allow them to extend beyond just collecting records on behalf of consumers (it offers such a service on Google Health),...
Oct 20, 2009 | consumer health, Engagement, HealthVault, Uncategorized
This has been a year that I will not be sad when it is laid to rest. In June I fractured my right heel while hiking in Tevas. (Note to self, if you are hiking, where hiking boots!). July rolls around, a number of stressful events occur and I end up with some sort of...
Jul 30, 2009 | Care Management, Engagement, Health Cloud, HealthVault, Interoperability, Privacy, Uncategorized
On July 16th, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) held a lengthy meeting of the HIT Policy Committee where a wide range of topics were addressed by various workgroups. As we reported earlier, the Meaningful Use (MU) Workgroup presented the...
May 12, 2009 | Connected Health, consumer health, Engagement, Uncategorized
The provider market has always been a key market for PHR vendors, but most PHR adoption and deployment efforts are led by a provider’s marketing department to improve customer service and increase retention. That is beginning to change. In Chilmark’s...