HIMSS – PHR Platforms MIA
Received an email this weekend from the organizers of the big healthcare IT conference, HIMSS, which will be held next week in Orlando. This is the BIG EVENT, where virtually all present and future...
View ArticleHow Many Cooks Does it Take to Define a PHR Functional Model?
While doing some research on healthcare IT (HIT) standards for our upcoming report on the PHR market I stumbled upon 3 different organizations who all seem to be doing pretty much the same thing,...
View ArticleFinally, Dossia Goes Live
In what seems like ages since the first announcement of the formation of Dossia, the third platform play for personal health information (the other two being Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault),...
View ArticleLooking at Healthcare Through Payer Lenses: Part One
Attending the annual health insurers confab (AHIP Institute) last week gave one some insight as to the challenges this part of the healthcare industry is facing. There were plenty of sessions on...
View ArticleLooking at Healthcare Through Payer Lenses: Part Two
Payers, as with the rest of the healthcare industry, have a lot on their plate right now. Healthcare reform, via the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues its march forward despite legal and political...
View ArticleAHIP – The Usual Stories, Amidst Some Refreshing Perspectives
AHIP 2016 is Las Vegas included the usual standard AHIP story lines. Better industry collaboration requires better partnerships, the promise of consumer engagement, the importance of harnessing data to...
View ArticleProvider Directories: An Opportunity Fraught with Challenges
The Need for Reform A primary goal of insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act was to improve access to healthcare. Yet as thousands of people are finding, simply having insurance coverage...
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