If the first quarter of the year is any indication, we are going to be very busy in 2020 spreading the word about patient engagement in both the United States and abroad. “We really feel that we are on the precipice of a tangible shift in how healthcare is being perceived across the globe,” said…
The ONC held its 3rd Annual Interoperability Forum recently where global Health IT leaders came together to discuss the necessary steps to forging a global thought process regarding data sharing and access. Per an article published by the ONC, the meeting yielded three key take-aways; all of which echo our mission. The most basic of…
Proving that Interoperability is more than just a pipe dream for the healthcare industry, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) announced its partnership with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, USA (IHE) to advance interoperability. According to an article in Healthcare IT news, the union aims to ‘innovate the technical standards needed for…
The 11th Annual Connected Health Conference may have wrapped up, but our Get Real Health team found that the take-aways have true staying power. Billed as the place to see “practical technologies that empower and improve health for people, patients, and consumers,” the event did not disappoint. “There was just this buzz in the air…
In a recent article, Dr. Francis Collins, Director of NIH, details the new evidence regarding exercise and cancer treatment and prevention. The notion was first researched about a decade ago, however, with little to no evidence, no real conclusions were reached. According to Collins, the ensuing years have yielded more data and results. The conclusion?…
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, nearly 8,000 HIV and AIDs patients, as well as thousands of cancer patients, had their treatment plans washed away with the rising waters. It was a new level of devastation for individuals already facing life-threatening challenges. Thankfully, this additional suffering was not in vain. You see, the rise of…
This time of year means a mountain of paperwork for many parents. Between summer camp forms, back to school forms and athletic clearance necessities, keeping track of your child’s vitals can be a daily occurrence. An electronic health record is a life-saver for harried parents–or even better– one that serves the entire family in one…
While the luminaries of healthcare gathered in Orlando for HIMSS19, the CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, released two proposed rules aimed at preventing data-blocking and improving interoperability. The timing of this announcement could not have been more perfect as many of the sessions at HIMSS19 aligned with solving…
Get Real Health was front and center at The HL7 FHIR Application Roundtable in Washington, DC September 27 th-28th and FHIR Connectathon in Baltimore, MD September 29th-30th. These two events started with the roundtable and two days dedicated to educating the healthcare industry about the power and maturity of HL7 FHIR. The format consisted of…
Like a modern day version of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” Get Real Health President and CEO Robin Wiener joined our Senior Clinical Strategist, Jennifer Bowers, on a world wind international visit. Spanning 10 days and including stops in England, the Netherlands and Sweden, the trip was anchored by the signing of a new project in…
The 2018 ePatient Summit hosted by the Northern California Chapter of HIMSS kicked off May 3rd on the campus of UCSF Mission Hills. The goal of this year’s event was to address the current shortcomings in interoperability in the health IT arena. Despite all the progress made regarding electronic data storage and delivery, serious deficiencies…
Delivering patient data and results electronically without adding medical context is a troubling byproduct of health technology, according to a recent Washington Post article. The piece, written in conjunction with Kaiser Health, chronicles the hazards in simply making lab and testing results available to patients online without a clinical interpretation of that data. A recent…
