by Brian Eastwood | July 16, 2018
Summary Chatbots that simulate human conversations and virtual assistants that emulate human interaction offer the potential to reduce the friction associated with adopting engagement solutions that require patients to complete complicated or unfamiliar tasks. Though the market for these products is new, the disruptive potential is substantial for patient engagement ...
by Brian Murphy | May 12, 2017
This is a preview of premium Chilmark Advisory Service subscriber content. If you are a CAS client and would like to read the rest of this monitor, please login here to access the file. Key Takeaways Microservices architectures have enabled significant reuse in many industries yet remain unknown in healthcare. ...
by | March 18, 2017
This month’s Domain Monitor is a little bit different. We recently read through Dr. Eric Topol’s latest book, The Patient Will See You Now. Over the past few years, Topol has become a “crossover” figure between our insular world of health IT and the more mainstream media. Today he is ...
by Matt Guldin | January 14, 2016
Recently, IBM briefed Chilmark Research on its integration activities regarding its two acquisitions, Explorys and Phytel. The intention of the briefing was to show how these two solutions might work in the future along with their current state of their functionality. It did not address the recent Merge acquisition, any ...
by Jody Ranck | December 19, 2015
The Reality of Precision Medicine Since the White House launched its Precision Medicine Initiative in January 2015 there has been a great deal of buzz about personalized or precision medicine and the future of healthcare. “Personalized medicine” is an older term and is gradually falling by the wayside as critics ...
by | November 27, 2015
Coaching Technology While the landmark health reform laws enacted in 2009 (HITECH Act) and 2010 (Affordable Care Act, or ACA) have begun transforming certain aspects of the US healthcare system, they have not had a meaningful impact on behavioral and mental health care delivery. Patients in need of these services ...
by Brian Eastwood | November 26, 2015
The New Normal The functionality of Healthcare.gov and the state insurance exchanges has improved markedly since their near-disastrous roll outs in October 2013, but many companies nonetheless believe they can make the process of buying health insurance as consumer-friendly as other online shopping experiences. With the third year of open ...
by Jody Ranck | November 19, 2015
Managing Data Every mention of health data and data analytics comes with it a reference to data silos that get in the way of effective use of data analytics tools. With so-called big data tools like Hadoop we have the ability to do analytics at scale and with streaming data, ...
