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…
Get Real Health not only builds solutions to empower patients, we advocate for their right to access health data in a way that makes it usable and relevant. As such, we recently co-authored a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) stating the urgent need for improved laws regarding…
At a Senate Committee hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday, there was a lot of talk about “information blocking” among EHR vendors and how true interoperability can’t be achieved until all EHRs can easily send patient data outside of their own proprietary systems. Get Real Health has confronted this problem for years. The concerns we heard…
2013 was a banner year for Get Real Health: New partners, new clients, new capital, new hires…and not one but two trips to the White House. In this video, you can see twelve months of our biggest and brightest moments in less than two minutes! Get Real Health: A Year In Review GRH Partners with Caradigm on new…
The decision by CMS and ONC to extend Stage 2 timelines through 2016 was a positive and timely step that will help many providers. “This certainly is good news for those who needed additional time,” said Robin Wiener, Get Real Health president and founding partner. “But we’re also glad they didn’t delay the start of…
A new report by IMS revealed that there were more than 40,000 so-called health apps available in the iTunes app store as of June 2013. But just having “cool apps” isn’t enough, says Andy Payne, Manager of European Operations, unless they aid in improving patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes. “It’s really about functionality over style.” And since nearly…
Andy Payne, Get Real Health’s Manager of European Operations is in Dubai introducing our award-winning InstantPHR™ product during GITEX Technology Week (Oct 20th-24th). GITEX is the largest annual technology conference in the Middle East. Andy is demonstrating InstantPHR with Get Real Health partner LINK Development at the Microsoft Stand (Hall 7 B7-10) throughout the conference. Get Real Health is proud to be…
eHealth Radio Network host Eric Michael recently interviewed Jason Harmon, Get Real Health’s CTO and founding partner, on its Healthcare and Technology channels. Jason touched on several topics: • The beginnings and evolution of Get Real Health • His personal experiences with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and personal ties to Get Real Health’s mission • Competitive advantages of Get…
On June 6, 2013, Get Real Health’s CEO and Founding Partner Mark Heaney spent the day at the White House for the Patient Access Summit II. This small, invitation-only meeting brings together senior government officials, patients and representatives from provider systems, EHR companies, payers, patient facing applications/tool developers and advocacy organizations for collaborative a discussion. This year’s theme was…
The healthcare industry’s efforts to better manage patient populations in order to reduce readmissions for major chronic conditions took a big leap forward with Tribridge’s decision to integrate Get Real Health’s InstantPHR™ as the comprehensive patient engagement platform for its Tribridge Care Coordination™ solution. “Tribridge Care Coordination has always been a powerful, intuitive data aggregation…
HIMSS13 Highlights: Get Real Health’s Jason Harmon recaps a successful first official day at the conference in New Orleans. Follow @GetReal_Health on Twitter to join our conversation during #HIMSS13 in New Orleans as we live-tweet education sessions, keynote speeches, and meet & greets. Don’t forget to stop by our booths as we showcase our solutions,…
At HIMSS13, there’s something that stands out, even in colorful New Orleans. You can’t miss it–beautiful pieces of original artwork painted on the backs of men’s and women’s suit jackets. The bright bursts of colors on the backs of otherwise drab business attire are unexpected and eye-catching. When you find out the story behind the…
