The ONC 2017 Annual Meeting was held November 30-December 1, 2017 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. This year’s event, Tackling Barriers to Interoperability and Usability, featured engaging keynotes, panels, and breakout sessions. And no one is more passionate about improving the usability and interoperability of health IT than our own Director of Healthcare Transformation, Christina Caraballo; which is…
With another Get Real Health User Group in the books, we never cease to be amazed at the synergy these sessions generate. A true testament to our clients and partners! The event kicked off Thursday, September 14th at Palomar Hotel, in Washington DC where clients from all over the globe convened to get product updates,…
Get Real Health has never wavered from its commitment to increasing individuals’ access to their health data. That dedication was recognized recently when the company was among a select group of vendors that participated in a two-day Consumer-Centered Data Exchange (CCDE) Connectathon, September 9–10, 2017. The Connectathon was the precursor to the larger HL7 31st…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The latest spec from Health Level 7 — Fast Health Interoperability Resources, better known as FHIR — has captured the attention of the health IT community as the latest industry standard to define both interface specifications and data exchange formats for health information. As the industry demand for FHIR continues to grow, we are pleased…
Get Real Health has established itself as an authority in the healthcare IT space. That distinction is due in large part to our secret weapon, Senior Healthcare Strategist, Christina Caraballo. Christina keeps her finger on the pulse of the policy and regulatory side of the industry thus positioning the company to meet and exceed these…
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…
Targeted market analysis predicts that telehealth will be a $34B market by 2020; less than four short years from now. Yet, a huge gap exists between today’s available resources and adoption; which begs the question, how do we increase engagement and fulfill the promise of telehealth? That question and much more will be addressed at…
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…
