Will Surescripts Become De facto NwHIN?
Just as Healtheway looks to ween itself off the federal gravy train, Surescripts comes along and in a couple of quick strokes looks ready to drive a stake into the heart of Healtheway or at least any...
View ArticleHumana Jumps into HIE Market, Claims Analytics Turn Sights of Clinical, Med...
November saw the acquisition of yet another HIE vendor by a payer (Humana). An in-depth analysis of this acquisition and its implications was provided to Chilmark Advisory Service (CAS) clients at the...
View ArticleBig Data Clarified, Providers, HIT & Obesity and ACA’s Impact on HIE Market
With the ramp up to healthcare reform, Chilmark Research sees signs of a potential slow down in HIE innovation. This is but one research note of three that were provided as part of our latest monthly...
View Article2013 – A Year of Surprises
In the blink of an eye, a New Year has appeared and with it the need to look into our crystal ball (or is it a magic 8 ball) to make our annual predictions for the healthcare IT sector. Personally, I...
View ArticleFour Diverse Research Notes in Jan Monthly Update
As Chilmark has grown, so has our areas of research which is best represented in the following four research notes that our analysts put together for Chilmark Advisory Service (CAS) clients. The...
View ArticleAt the Intersection of Obesity and HIT
We Americans are on a very terrifying path, health-wise, based on the latest obesity projections from RWJF. Medical “innovations” around the obesity epidemic are unsettling, to say the least. Most...
View ArticleACO Here, ACO There, ACO, ACO Everywhere & Vendor Response
In less than two years we have gone from Accountable Care Organization (ACO) as a concept, to ACO as a new model of care delivery. With the January announcement that there were 106 more added to the...
View ArticleReorg at McKesson, Will Docs Trust Predictive Analytics & Med Rec
What a crazy week it has been. Yes, it was the week of all things HIT related with the big confab of HIMSS a the Big Easy. I’m literally still trying to sort out all that I saw, all the conversations I...
View ArticleFinding Few Answers at HIMSS’13
Last week was yet another HIMSS, this time in the Big Easy – one of my favorite cities, despite the unfortunate decay occurring on Bourbon St. As with the many HIMSS I have attended before, this is the...
View ArticleCaradigm Kills eHealth, Partners with Orion
Today, Caradigm and Orion Health announced their partnership wherein Caradigm will go to market with Orion Health’s HIE solution suite and likewise Orion Health will take Caradigm’s analytics...
View ArticleWho will regulate mHealth? Patient Engagement at Crossroads; New Alliance...
We came back from HIMSS and got right to work on the March Monthly Update for Chilmark Advisory Services subscribers. As we’ve reported in a previous post, HIMSS13 afforded enormous buzz and less...
View ArticleSetting the Story Straight on CommonWell
Arguably, the biggest news story coming out of HIMSS last month was the announcement of the CommonWell Health Alliance – a vendor-led initiative to enable query-based, clinical data sharing. So much...
View ArticleHere an HIE, There an HIE, Everywhere an HIE
In late March, I headed down to Belize with a bunch of high school students to do some service work. Joining the crew was a parent, Harry (not his real name), who happened to be a urologist sharing a...
View ArticleHIEs Experience Growing Pains, EHRs Stumble with Population Health
May at Chilmark Research saw us compiling the results of extensive research for two major market reports one on Health Information Exchange (HIE) and the other on Analytics for Population Health...
View ArticlePushing the Envelop to HIE 2.0
Innovation driven by the effective use of IT has long catalyzed industry transformations – except in healthcare. We all know people who have never waited in a teller line to cash a check. In the now...
View ArticleStretching it – Just a Bit
One of our objectives here at Chilmark Research is to provide clarity to the healthcare IT market sector. This is not always an easy task. Time and again we see vendors stretch the truth in the hopes...
View ArticleCan Mirth Revive NextGen?
Last week, NextGen’s parent company, QSI, acquired open-source tools vendor Mirth for $59M. While a relatively small acquisition, it nonetheless will have an impact on the broader HIE market. Mirth’s...
View ArticleReorg at McKesson, Will Docs Trust Predictive Analytics & Med Rec
What a crazy week it has been. Yes, it was the week of all things HIT related with the big confab of HIMSS a the Big Easy. I’m literally still trying to sort out all that I saw, all the conversations I...
View ArticleFinding Few Answers at HIMSS’13
Last week was yet another HIMSS, this time in the Big Easy – one of my favorite cities, despite the unfortunate decay occurring on Bourbon St. As with the many HIMSS I have attended before, this is the...
View ArticleCaradigm Kills eHealth, Partners with Orion
Today, Caradigm and Orion Health announced their partnership wherein Caradigm will go to market with Orion Health’s HIE solution suite and likewise Orion Health will take Caradigm’s analytics...
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