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Chilmark Research
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Focus on the trends in consumer facing healthcare technology, especially those that are web-based. Market research, technology trends, policy.
Recent Posts
Savvy Move, MSFT Acquires Sentillion
Today, Microsoft announced that it will be acquiring the healthcare IT security software firm Sentillion. This is Microsoft Health Solutions Group’s biggest acquisition to date and will add critical security features to their clinician centric ...
Cloud Computing, Security & Privacy Considerations
While conducting research for the long overdue and nearly completed report on Personal Health Clouds (Dossia, Google Health and HealthVault) came across a recently published report by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) addre...
Can RWJF’s Common Platform Gain Traction?
In late November, the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced the release of a hosted version of the Project HealthDesign Common Platform Development Environment (CDE). The CDE is an outgrowth of the broader Project HealthDesign initiative...
Microsoft’s Amalga & HealthVault Land LTC Provider
Just released this morning, Microsoft announced that it has landed Golden Living, a provider of long-term care (LTC) and like services for the elderly and disabled. Similar to the New York Presbyterian and the Caritas Christi Health wins, Golden Li...
Reading the Tea Leaves: CMS to Release MU Rules this Month
The healthcare IT (HIT) industry waits with baited breath for the release of preliminary meaningful use (MU) rules, scheduled for later this month. Why the baited breath? Market has basically stalled as physicians & hospital CIOs hold off HIT...
Along the Path, Many Thanks to Give
Since I began down this path of exploring, researching and reporting on the healthcare IT (HIT) market many have helped along the way. Some have been active mentors, others passive but all have helped me learn about the myriad of issues that revolv...

