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!
Early Impressions of Europe
In late August, Vienna became my home for the upcoming year. From this base, in the heart of central Europe, I will immerse myself into the Euro-culture (and the amazing Kaffee Kulture of Vienna – I may never step into a Starbucks again) and in the process hope to...
Alere Unravels: What Went Wrong, What it Means
This week we published a new Domain Monitor digging into the recent Optum acquisition of Alere's health management business, which mostly pertains to their remote monitoring devices and related technology services. This announcement follows a series of events at Alere...
#WWBR Week of November 3, 2014
All the news from the week that we think is fit to print!
JASON Task Force – Part Deux
In a post two weeks ago, we were critical of some aspects of the JASON Task Force’s (JTF) Final Report on healthcare interoperability. Two members of the JTF reached out to us in order to clarify the intent of the report as it relates to EHRs and the use of a “public”...
Taking a Shot at my Health Plan
I got a flu shot yesterday. I was at a CVS, saw a sign, whipped out my insurance and credit cards, and got in line. Turns out that my insurer wasn’t reimbursing it – I rolled my eyes, paid the 20 bucks, and went about my day. Ouch...done. Kudos @CVSHealth for easy...
EHR Innovation for the Post-MU Market
Paths Point Forwards A shift is occurring in the health IT landscape. Marketplace and Industry alike are beginning to look past the federally mandated incentive programs for health IT adoption. For EHR vendors, who have seen windfall profits as a result of Meaningful...
Care Coordination: A Dynamic, Rapidly Evolving Domain Deserving of Coverage
Coordination Concept Effective and efficient care coordination across a community is quickly becoming a cornerstone in a healthcare organization’s (HCO’s) strategic efforts to manage the health of the population it serves. Moving beyond discharge summary distribution...
How to Work with an Analyst Firm
An analyst firm's purpose is, through its research, to provide guidance on technology adoption. Providing that guidance requires absolute integrity and objectivity, for without such, a firm quickly devolves into just being a shill for the vendor community. Having been...
#WWBR Week of October 20, 2014
Ebola in the United States: EHRs as a Public Health Tool at the Point of Care Ken Mandl for JAMA "Ken Mandl's layout of EHR shortcomings is written with public health in mind - but just as readily applies to many other facets of healthcare that go beyond the point of...
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