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!
#WWBR Week of January 26, 2015
Setting Value-Based Payment Goals — HHS Efforts to Improve U.S. Health Care Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell for NEJM "Straight from the NEJM, Sec. Burwell's outline of what CMS announced this week regarding accelerated move to VBR. Long on vision, short on details, this...
Consumer-Driven Models of Care: Healthcare’s New Front Door
The Revolution One of the trending topics in healthcare right now is that of the “consumer revolution.” With so many changes happening – the way care is being delivered, who is paying for it, how technology is influencing decision making from doctors to insurers to...
A Sneak Peek at Austria’s ELGA
Today I had the pleasure of having lunch with an informatics professor from the University of Wien and got an inside look into health IT in Austria. The highlight of our conversation was a discussion regarding ELGA - Austria's national health information network. ELGA...
athenahealth Acquires RazorInsights: Can athenahealth Succeed Where Others Have Failed?
Success? On Wednesday, January 14, athenahealth announced it will acquire the cloud-based EHR & RCM company, RazorInsights. RazorInsights’ target market is rural, critical access, and community hospitals (25-50 beds), which aligns well with athenahealth’s strategy...
#WWBR Week of January 19, 2015
Start-Ups Are Helping Consumers Make Better Health Care Purchases Sachin Jain for Harvard Business Review "Sachin Jain's analysis of the trend of consumer-directed health is spot on. While giving more control to consumers is an undeniably important issue, the...
#WWBR Week of January 12, 2015
Trinity Health to expand risk-based care with Heritage Provider Network Bob Herman for Modern Healthcare "Intriguing partnership between two healthcare providers to provide bundled healthcare services to payers and employers. We will see far more partnerships such as...
The Digital Pharmacy: Walgreens’ Emerging Strategy
Walgreens is entering the digital age with a spate of new partnerships that aim to create a virtual experience for a new, rising class of healthcare consumer.
Orion Health Aspires to PaaS
The interoperability problems that plague healthcare are compounded by the paucity of developer options for modern software development. Software as a Service (SaaS) models are increasingly commonplace for EHRs, population health and other finished applications....
#WWBR Week of January 5th, 2015
First off, Happy New Year to all of our dedicated readers and followers. Quite a few of you joined our ranks in 2014, and we are most appreciative for every new follower that joins our family. We hope each and every one of you have a fantastically successful 2015...
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