1. Senate Committee Seeks EHR Interoperability Investigation Our favorite hill is bringing the top health IT news for this week. The Bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee has announced it is seeking an investigation into whether meaningful use incentive payments are being used to fund EHR software with poor interoperability. The announcement came after a review of…
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…
Dr. Dan Morhaim offered some constructive criticisms about electronic medical records in a September 27 Washington Post opinion piece (“An electronic medical records mess”). We couldn’t agree more with his call to provide instant access to patient medical history. As one of the companies out there developing electronic health record (EHR) systems, we understand his frustrations….
Get Real Health’s InstantPHR was awarded 2014 Edition Ambulatory and Inpatient Modular EHR ONC Health IT Certification from ICSA Labs on April 22, 2013. InstantPHR was developed for healthcare providers to deliver high quality patient care. The certification designates that the software is capable of supporting healthcare providers with Stage 1 and Stage 2 Meaningful…
What better time than spring to announce new growth at Get Real Health? We’re branching out with new offices up on the 16th floor… “We’re truly bursting at the seams thanks to our rapid growth,” explains Get Real Health President and Founding Partner Robin Wiener. “We doubled our staff over the past year, so we…
In an article entitled “Best of the Best” in this month’s edition of SmartCEO Magazine, Get Real Health President and Founding Partner Robin Wiener talks about how to build a world class team. “You’ve got to treat people well; you’ve got to believe in them. You’ve got to treat them as equal…and understand that people…
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…
Get Real Health is proud to announce a formalized and updated partnership with Caradigm, the joint venture between GE Healthcare and Microsoft, at the HIMSS13 annual meeting in New Orleans. This partnership brings an integrated offering to Caradigm customers that includes Get Real Health’s award-winning InstantPHR™ comprehensive patient engagement platform with the Caradigm Intelligence Platform…
