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Increase Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) and other MACRA incentive payments through patient engagement

For medical facilities positioning themselves to receive incentives through Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) and other MACRA initiatives, the patient engagement landscape can be daunting. The majority of patient engagement solutions were not designed to achieve these goals, even when bundled with an EMR. However, Get Real Health’s products intuitively meets these objectives and can…

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Christina Caraballo Appointed to the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee

Get Real Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Christina Caraballo, Director of Healthcare Transformation, to the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee. Why is this big news? Well, the mission of the HIT Advisory Committee is to help the federal government address challenges related to health information technology.  More specifically, it will provide recommendations…

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Improving Readmission Rates for Congestive Heart Failure Patients

First, we will deliver the bad news: Readmission rates for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients hover near 25%. The good news? A recent study chronicled in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that effectively reducing those readmission rates does not have to come at the price of compromised care. The article, addressed…

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Get Real Health Holds Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony to Christen New Office

  Before a contingent of esteemed federal, state and county dignitaries, Get Real Health held an official ribbon-cutting at its new offices in Rockville, Md. The expanded office space signals significant growth for the company which began with a handful of executives and employees in Montgomery County’s first Tech Incubator a decade ago.  In the…

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Wiener and Get Real Health are on Fire

From the onset, Get Real Health set out to disrupt the health IT landscape. Mission accomplished. Not only are our products changing health outcomes around the globe, but for the second time in recent history, Founding Partner Robin Wiener has been recognized by 50 on Fire DC as a change agent in health care. 50…

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Robin Wiener Emphasizes Importance of 360-Degree View of Patient Health at AHIMA

Get Real Health President and Founding Partner, Robin Wiener, was honored to be a panelist at The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) National Convention on October 17th in Baltimore. AHIMA is the premier association of health information management (HIM) professionals worldwide. Founded in 1928 to improve health record quality, AHIMA has played a leadership…

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Get Real Health Proudly Shares Good News from Across the Pond!

Get Real Health’s esteemed client, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, was honored at the 10th Annual EHI Live Awards, September, 29th The winning solution, My Medical Record, was developed by Get Real Health on the InstantPHR platform. It was deemed the best solution in the “Best Use of IT to Support Clinical Treatment and…

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Third Annual Get Real Health User Group Recap

Get Real Health’s Third Annual User Group kicked off on Sunday, September 18th with a welcome reception for attendees, speakers and Get Real Health Staff at the Hotel Monaco, the site of the three-day event. When we originally contemplated the idea of a User Group, we were cautiously optimistic about the results. The ensuing years…

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Understanding the Patient Experience and Interoperability’s Impact on Emerging Technology

Get Real Health’s Senior Healthcare Strategist, Christina Caraballo, had the opportunity to testify before Federal Advisory Committees’ Interoperability Experience Task Force on Friday, May 13th. The topic of her speech was the evolution of the patient engagement landscape and what the industry’s focus should be today and in the future. Her testimony honed in on…

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