The ONC held its 3rd Annual Interoperability Forum recently where global Health IT leaders came together to discuss the necessary steps to forging a global thought process regarding data sharing and access. Per an article published by the ONC, the meeting yielded three key take-aways; all of which echo our mission. The most basic of…
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…
According to recent reports over 50% of Americans have no access to their personal health information online; this despite recent initiatives to make this data available to all patients. To improve these statistics and ensure that consumers are able to rightfully access their health information, the Health and Human Services (HHS) Civil Rights Department recently…
After suffering tremendous backlash regarding the timeline for implementing Meaningful Use Stage 3 standards, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released its final ruling on Tuesday, October 6th. The overarching goal of the revised ruling was to increase flexibility for providers while simplifying…
It is one of our favorite times of the year; National Health IT Week! Kicking off on October 4th, it is a week filled with events, panels, webinars, and activities surrounding healthcare information technology. One of the events includes the annual Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Public Policy Summit. The “Congressional Asks” are a part…
Get Real Health has been a champion of the Blue Button initiative as its mission mirrors ours in that it allows patients to securely access electronic health information. What gets us excited is the Blue Button initiative’s goal for patients to not only access health information online, but also to aggregate health data from multiple…
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…
Most Healthcare Executives Unaware of Patient Portal Capabilities for Fostering Real Patient Engagement Written by Christina Caraballo, Senior Healthcare Strategist at Get Real Health [Response to HIT Outcomes article about patient portals not living up to expectations. Read the original article here.] Patient portals have been a critical part of increasing patient engagement in recent years both…
If Twitter was any indication, the 2015 ONC Annual Meeting was one buzz-worthy event. Major players from every branch of Health IT attended the event February 2-3. The result was a renewed commitment to reaching the patient and fostering communication between all those in the care circle. Interoperability was at the core of nearly every…
“Interoperability” was the topic of the day, as government officials, patients, and private sector providers participated in a hearing to discuss the challenges of health information exchange. The hearing was sponsored by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) as part of the Health IT Policy Committee’s Interoperability & Health Exchange Workgroup – Governance…
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…
