Chilmark Research

APRIL 3, 2013

mHealth, known for rapid innovation and iteration, has a tendency to buck at the snail’s pace of FDA regulation. This could herald a new age of credibility for mHealth. They will need to tread carefully to maintain their objectivity in both certifying apps while at the same time providing a marketplace for mHealth apps.

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Chilmark Research

MARCH 6, 2014

EHRs Look Inward. EHR vendors are at last developing moderate to advanced functionality with their portals (refills, secure communication, education, scheduling), with improved UX/UI that is starting to conform to consumer tech standards. HIEs Look Backward.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

Electronic health records (EHRs) and personal fitness trackers have helped create awareness through use. According to most recent statistics from the Office of the National Coordinator, use of EHRs has increased from 20% in 2004 to 87% in 2015. EHRs were designed as documentation centers for billing and regulatory purposes.

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Chilmark Research

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

So if analytics is the engine, what is the steering wheel, what are the tires, is HIE the gas tank, or the fueling station? Looking to HIE, as we mentioned in late 2013 , we see a need to redefine this sector. Where is the next opportunity for value realization for a provider once their HIE is live?

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Chilmark Research

APRIL 21, 2015

Intersystems is the latest HIE outfit to leverage their back end capabilities into a singular point of patient access, following the likes of Orion, NoMoreClipboard, RelayHealth/McKesson, Jardogs/Allscripts, and others. The concept of “portal sprawl” driving market appetite for a “portal of portals” was ubiquitous.

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Chilmark Research

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Another year, another mHealth Summit. However, despite some early hints of maturity, the mHealth Summit revealed the mobile healthcare market’s overall identity confusion. When we talk mHealth, we hope for clinical interventions, enhanced communication, behavior improvements, incorporation of patient-generated data, and so forth.

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