As if Health Datapalooza was not already packed with headline news, ex-ONC head Farzad Mostashari ratcheted up the excitement level by launching Data Independence Day. That’s right, Data Independence Day. Mostashari, a Get Real Health board member, is spearheading a grass roots effort, Get My Health Data, to free up access to health data for…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid is giving the healthcare industry the chance to comment on a proposed change to MU patient engagement requirements that have sent shockwaves through the industry. If accepted, instead of requiring providers to get 5 percent of their patients to view, download and transmit their health data, the proposed rule change…
The American Automobile Association (AAA) is predicting holiday travel this year will post its highest numbers since 2007. With all those bodies on the move, germs and sickness are bound to appear in record numbers as well. Falling ill over the holidays is unfortunate. Doing so far from home can be disastrous. While you can’t…
When Get Real Health board member Farzad Mostashari looks in his imaginary crystal ball, he sees three big things happening by HIMSS15. In the video below, he explains what they are. Need a hint? Think interoperability, population health and Blue Button. Follow Get Real Health on Twitter at @GetReal_Health to learn how we’re making Farzad’s dreams a…
Farzad Mostashari, MD, used to have mixed feelings about publicly advocating for patients in his role as a policymaker until he realized that his position as the ONC Director put him in the perfect position to do just that. For the past several years he has encouraged increased patient engagement at HIMSS by (literally) wearing…
Our HIMSS excitement really started the week before, when Farzad Mostashari, M.D., joined our board of directors. Farzad spoke movingly during HIMSS about the importance of seeing healthcare from the patient’s perspective, the need for the private sector to ‘step up’, create patient engagement tools, and his desire to view healthcare innovation globally, expanding on Get Real Health’s experience exporting InstantPHR to…
Get Real Health’s newest board member Farzad Mostashari, M.D. is passionate about patient engagement. It’s a special relationship between doctors and patients that goes back to the very basis of medical care, he says. We caught up with Farzad at HIMSS14 to talk to him about why he’s so excited patient engagement and population health….
On behalf of the Get Real Health team, we would like to welcome Dr. Farzad Mostashari, Former ONC Director, to the Get Real Health Board of Directors. Why Get Real Health? Mostashari has three big reasons: Get Real Health’s strong international presence in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom; Usability of InstantPHR-powered portals for patients…
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…
