With millions of college students arriving on campuses this fall, many are living in new geographical areas with unfamiliar climates. With that change, we can see the onset of allergies in kids who never experienced them previously. For instance, the heat and humidity in the south breed allergens that those from the northern regions are…
Get Real Health enhances its platform’s immunization features Whether as the first line of defense against a worldwide pandemic or as a means of keeping children safe from devastating illnesses like the mumps, immunizations are a valuable asset in preserving public health. As we usher in August and National Immunization Month we wanted to take…
Rockville, MD. (TELUS) July 11, 2022 Our partner TELUS Health reaches huge milestone providing two million Canadians with access to their own digital personal health record Two million Canadians have spoken and they confirm our solutions are usable and relevant. Reaching the recent milestone of helping millions of Canadians better access health data and manage…
Men’s Health Week (June 13-18th) is the ideal time to focus on Prostate Cancer detection, treatment, and follow-up. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), prostate cancer is the leading cancer among men in the United States aside from non-melanoma skin cancer. Sadly, it is also one of the leading causes of death across…
The pandemic created the need for providers of all sizes in all specialties to pivot to a virtual care offering. As the pandemic slides into the rearview mirror, the future of these telehealth solutions is an obvious question. Was it a temporary fix for an unprecedented crisis or can we take what we learned and…
After two long years of virtual conferencing, our team was itching to reconvene with industry leaders, partners and clients. And they did just that the first two weeks of March at the ViVE Conference in Miami followed by HIMSS in Orlando. “It was a bustling two weeks but you could feel the shared excitement 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…
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…
For once, what happened in Vegas should not stay in Vegas! We want all that energy, brainstorming, networking and education to travel right back home with us until next year’s event. HIMSS18 is a wrap but we are still abuzz about the experience. Whether our team was presenting on value-based care to a packed room, dazzling…
