International Infection Prevention Week highlights immunizations This week, October 18-24, is International Infection Prevention Week. This time of year in particular, an ounce of prevention goes a long way. We are on the cusp of Flu season and according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), an annual flu shot is the best way to…
Approximately 1 in 7 new mothers suffer from some type of Postpartum Depression (PPD). Sadly, an overwhelming number of these women are too embarrassed or overwhelmed to seek treatment. Medical experts tout the benefits of simple psychiatric screenings for pregnant and postpartum women, in particular those with a history of depression. Get Real Health advocates…
In this video, Robin Wiener, President of Get Real Health discusses the struggle patients have of signing up for multiple patient portals and how our InstantPHR platform helps solve that issue. Robin: “The patients go into a hospital, or first they go to a doctor’s office before they go to the hospital, and then say “Oh, sign up for…
Today’s patients are savvy. They are not just searching for providers and facilities that are covered by insurance, though that is a driving force. Believe it or not, just like you, they are looking for ways to streamline care. The advent of Urgent and Walk-in care centers has given consumers options they never found in…
After suffering tremendous backlash regarding the timeline for implementing Meaningful Use Stage 3 standards, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released its final ruling on Tuesday, October 6th. The overarching goal of the revised ruling was to increase flexibility for providers while simplifying…
It is one of our favorite times of the year; National Health IT Week! Kicking off on October 4th, it is a week filled with events, panels, webinars, and activities surrounding healthcare information technology. One of the events includes the annual Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Public Policy Summit. The “Congressional Asks” are a part…
In this video, Robin Wiener, President of Get Real Health shares insights on how our InstantPHR platform helps physicians. Robin: “For the first time, the doctor is going to get all the information from all the different EMRs we’re siloing. By pulling it all together the doctors can get a complete look, so if I’m…
National Health IT Week kicks off this week and we look forward to being part of the conversation shaping the future of health IT in the United States. With our mission of connecting patients and providers through technology, we are a proud partner of this event that raises awareness and puts health IT at the…
Our own Senior Clinical Strategist, Jennifer Dunphy, RN, BSN, OCN, CBCN joins an impressive line-up at the Health 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara, California this week. Keynote speakers such as Chelsea Clinton and Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy live up to the conference billing of “Big Names, Big Issues, Big Solutions.” Jennifer will be presenting the…
Our second annual InstantPHR User Group conference was an overwhelming success—not only for us as a company but for our clients and partners as well. Nothing makes us happier than providing a platform for our clients and partners to network and share their experiences amongst one another. This year we had attendees come from all over…
Are you drowning in Back to School paper? Shuttling forms back and forth between the doctor’s office and school? A patient portal is your virtual life line. With immunizations, appointment and condition records at your fingertips, the onslaught of paper is not so daunting. One of the great benefits of using a patient portal like…
Get Real Health has been a champion of the Blue Button initiative as its mission mirrors ours in that it allows patients to securely access electronic health information. What gets us excited is the Blue Button initiative’s goal for patients to not only access health information online, but also to aggregate health data from multiple…
