Last week, as Get Real Health looked back on 20 years as a business, one thing was clear – there is no substitute for hard work and perseverance. These attributes were at the core of every lesson learned, shift in strategy, client signing and deployment. In 2001, our founding partners could never have anticipated the…
National #MakeaDogsDay Today, October 22nd, we celebrate National Make A Dog’s Day. Now, if you are unaware that there is such a thing, that is likely because every day since the pandemic began has seemed like a great day to celebrate dog ownership. As Covid-19 upended our worlds, dog adoptions soared. An April 2020 ABC…
Recently, Director of Clinical Solutions, Jennifer Bowers presented as the Keynote Speaker at the Innovate Care Virtual Conference. The conference, October 5th-6th, Innovate Care (IC2020) worked in collaboration with the NS Dept of Seniors, Aging 2.0, Northwood, and other organizations to showcase Nova Scotia as an innovation hub for innovative home & health care, aging,…
A recent article in the Concord Monitor regarding the financial health of medical facilities states that New Hampshire “hospitals collectively lost $575 million in revenue between March and July, said Kathy Bizarro-Thunberg, executive vice president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association. The group estimates hospitals will lose $700 million by the end of the year.”…
If there is a silver lining to this pandemic, for patient engagement proponents it would have to be the emergence of telehealth. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Seema Verma recently shared a staggering statistic: “in the last week of April, nearly 1.7 million beneficiaries received telehealth services—compared to about 13,000 per…
As we come upon the Fourth of July holiday, it is important to focus not only on the festivities of the day, but the fundamental ideals behind it. This day celebrates our country’s independence and the freedom to govern itself with the Declaration of Independence as the official document guiding the founding fathers through the…
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 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…
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…
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…
It is widely known that today’s college students are tech savvy and view their mobile phone as a life line. Students at a university in Pennsylvania are experiencing first-hand how InstantPHR can turn any mobile device into a literal life saver. Get Real Health client, KeyHIE, is partnering with a local university in Pennsylvania on…
Get Real Health had a banner year in 2015 with growth and extended reach on a national and international level. There were so many highlights we decided to share them as we look forward to even greater success in the coming year. The first quarter ended with a bang when our InstantPHR product landed in…
