Proving that Interoperability is more than just a pipe dream for the healthcare industry, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) announced its partnership with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, USA (IHE) to advance interoperability. According to an article in Healthcare IT news, the union aims to ‘innovate the technical standards needed for…
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…
The ONC 2017 Annual Meeting was held November 30-December 1, 2017 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. This year’s event, Tackling Barriers to Interoperability and Usability, featured engaging keynotes, panels, and breakout sessions. And no one is more passionate about improving the usability and interoperability of health IT than our own Director of Healthcare Transformation, Christina Caraballo; which is…
Patients Have Difficulty Understanding Health Records According to Zikmund-Fisher, “Improving how we show people their health data may be a simple but powerful way to improve health outcomes.” Having the ability to check your health records electronically sounds like a beneficial tool for someone to possess, but a recent discovery by a team from the…
July 30th was filled with laughter and cheers as our own Robin Wiener was honored by Washington SmartCEO with a Brava! award. The ceremony featured Robin, along with 31 other exceptional female business leaders, who have made an impact not only in their businesses, but also in their communities. The ceremony was attended by past…
The first director of the Office of Consumer eHealth at the ONC, Lygeia Ricciardi, has announced her resignation. She will step down from her post on July 25. Ricciardi’s post focused on patient engagement during her three-and-a-half-year tenure. “There is no greater cheerleader in this country for patients using health IT than Lygeia Ricciardi. All of…
With the adoption of patient engagement platforms and patient portals comes a new challenge for healthcare providers, what Brandon Neiswender, Senior Director of Health Information Exchange for St. Luke’s University Hospital Network, calls “portal sprawl.” When too many vendors offer portals targeted just to their particular services, patients have trouble keeping track of all the websites…
A new era of health IT is paving the way to a new future in patient engagement, empowering caregivers to help patients take control of their own health. Automated online healthcare systems such as Get Real Health’s InstantPHR™ helps practitioners to pull together data from multiple sources. This enables a meaningful analysis of patient information…
Get Real Health enjoyed early success by developing custom patient engagement and personal health applications for large healthcare providers until the Great Recession hit and they saw client budgets shrinking before their very eyes. With careful observation, thorough market analysis and strong leadership, CEO Mark Heaney and his team transformed Get Real Health from a…
With the government’s lofty goal of enrolling 15 million people in health insurance plans in the next three years, it’s no wonder that most conversations about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) center around Healthcare.gov. While the government is laser focused on getting uninsured citizens enrolled in health plans, there’s a whole other side of the ACA…
As if kicking off HIMSS14 with a fabulous reception at the Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar wasn’t exciting enough! President & Founding Partner Robin Wiener got to watch the ABC7 “Working Women” segment featuring none other than herself live in Orlando while it was airing back home in DC. We captured Robin’s reaction to seeing…
Oh what a night! We kicked off HIMSS14 last night with a cocktail reception at the fabulous Tommy Bahama Restaurant. More than 100 people joined us for food, great conversation and cocktails in Get Real Health’s signature colors. What a great way to connect with partners, clients and industry leaders, including technology leaders from South…
