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!
2014 Year in Review: Consumer Engagement
2014 was a whirlwind of a year for consumer health technology. Here we visit some of the developments of the past 12 months, point out some of the trends that emerged, and highlight what we’re expecting as we round the corner into 2015.
#WWBR Week of December 1, 2014
Employee wellness programs, JASON strikes again, CMS’s ACO move, and more in this week’s #WWBR
Valued-Based Payments Leading to Value-Based Supplier Pricing?
Costs & Value Healthcare organizations (HCOs) are undergoing strategic shifts as they move from volume to value-based reimbursement models. Not only do they have to think about different metrics on how they track their own revenue and finances but also on how they...
Home Is Where the Health Is: The Current State of Connected Health
Digital Reality 2014 has served as a coming out party for all things Connected Health. The buzz around telemedicine, virtual visits, and device-based monitoring solutions is rising to a fever pitch. For clinically oriented healthcare stakeholders, this has been a...
The Unraveling of Alere
Future Plans Early last week, Optum announced that it would buy Alere’s health management business in a $600M cash deal. With this spin-out, the vision of Ron Zwanziger – Alere’s founder and former CEO – to create a comprehensive PHM platform that extended from...
A Message of Thanks for 2014
Another year has blown by us and winter is knocking at our door as we (at least in the US) prepare to give Thanks. Now, before each of you embarks on the annual adventure to gastronomical gorging with family, friends, and and/or assorted loved ones, we would like to...
#WWBR Week of November 17, 2014
This week in #WWBR: .@Fitbit marketing, need for better mgmt in ONC, How to ACO, .@Samsung’s ambitions, and more.
Connected Health Moving From Hype to Reality
The promise of connected health was shared with us long ago, and has fallen short time and again for various reason – reimbursement, competing priorities, and so on. As 2014 comes to a close however the market is finally showing signs of adoption.
#WWBR Week of November 10, 2014
This week: patient engagement, Partners faces resistance, handoffs getting structured, and more.
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