Expert Insights from Health IT Industry Analysts
The Chilmark Research blog is the foundation of the analyst firm. Weekly blogging is how our founder first established credibility in the industry all the way back in 2007, becoming a core platform for industry discussion and engagement since those early days. You can see how our subject matter experts are viewing developing technology use cases, the narratives surrounding their adoption and regulation, and engage with this coverage directly in the comments. Click through any of the articles below to see what’s new!
Buyer Beware
The recent post on Aug 29th generated an interesting comment regarding security and privacy of Web-based PHRs. Unfortunately, in an earlier post where I bemoan the utter confusion (may I be so bold as to say chaos) that one confronts when looking for a PHR, I failed...
Interoperability in HIT
My post yesterday titled What is a Customer to do? reflected on the current state of PHRs in the marketplace. Received a good comment back from RHIOboy which forced me to delve a little deeper into the issue of Interoperability, specifically the developing CCD...
What’s a Consumer to do?
Been doing some exploratory research on the PHR (personal health record) market, looking at the various suppliers of such platforms, their offerings, method of delivery and all I can say is what a mess. What's the problem? Here's my short list: Lack of consistency in...
Court Ruling Raises Stakes on P4P
Saturday's WSJ had a short article on pg A3, which I have yet to find reported anywhere else. Below are the first couple of paragraphs pulled from WSJ.com (you need to be an on-line subscriber to get all of it). WASHINGTON -- A consumer group won a court case that...
Going Long, Microsoft Looks to Jump Into PHR Market
I recently wrote a several page report that took a look at Microsoft's initiatives in the HIT market. While much too long for posting in a traditional blog format, I have selected the following excerpt titled "Going Long," which evaluates what appears to be their...
New Study Reports Women Search More…
"Men are less likely than women to search online for health-related information -- for themselves or others, according to findings presented Sunday at the American Psychological Association, the Washington Post reports." Uh DUH! Hardly call this late breaking news...
P4P: EMR Vendors, Are You There?
Following up on my posting yesterday, decided to take a quick look at some of the major EMR vendors, and a couple of up & comers just to see if they are on the P4P bandwagon, i.e., are they talking about/messaging for P4P and how their solution can facilitate a...
The Challenge of P4P
Big moves are under way to increase the quality of medical care delivered. Most often referred to as Pay for Performance (P4P), this initiative, which is being driven primarily by insurers and to a lesser extent employers, is meeting some stiff resistance from doctors...
Wal-Mart, Healthcare and HIT
In the Aug 17th edition of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), there tucked within a broader article about Wal-Mart's strategy to launch smaller, higher-end grocery stores was a reference to Wal-Mart's current initiative to provide basic healthcare to customers via clinics...
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