If there is a silver lining to this pandemic, for patient engagement proponents it would have to be the emergence of telehealth. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Seema Verma recently shared a staggering statistic: “in the last week of April, nearly 1.7 million beneficiaries received telehealth services—compared to about 13,000 per…
If the first quarter of the year is any indication, we are going to be very busy in 2020 spreading the word about patient engagement in both the United States and abroad. “We really feel that we are on the precipice of a tangible shift in how healthcare is being perceived across the globe,” said…
For medical facilities positioning themselves to receive incentives through Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) and other MACRA initiatives, the patient engagement landscape can be daunting. The majority of patient engagement solutions were not designed to achieve these goals, even when bundled with an EMR. However, Get Real Health’s products intuitively meets these objectives and can…
Targeted market analysis predicts that telehealth will be a $34B market by 2020; less than four short years from now. Yet, a huge gap exists between today’s available resources and adoption; which begs the question, how do we increase engagement and fulfill the promise of telehealth? That question and much more will be addressed at…
Get Real Health President and Founding Partner, Robin Wiener, was honored to be a panelist at The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) National Convention on October 17th in Baltimore. AHIMA is the premier association of health information management (HIM) professionals worldwide. Founded in 1928 to improve health record quality, AHIMA has played a leadership…
Because pediatric patients are not of age to consent to care and procedures, facilitating parental involvement in all medical choices is critical. Increasingly, hospital systems are leveraging technology to not only keep parents informed but to communicate with families during a hospital stay and throughout discharge and recovery as well. This technology is part of…
HIMSS16: The excitement is building Our inner geek is getting pretty psyched for all the great sessions scheduled for HIMSS16. From policy based symposiums to connectivity and security themed seminars, HIMSS has something for everyone. At HIMSS15, the focus was on the importance of patient engagement and creating patient-centered health solutions. This year, HIMSS seems…
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…
When Mother Nature strikes, the devastating effects can be felt long after the storm has passed. Whether a hurricane, tornado, tsunami or blizzard like the one that rocked the North East over the weekend, damage extends beyond what you see on the news. Those managing chronic conditions are often the most effected by harsh weather….
It is widely known that today’s college students are tech savvy and view their mobile phone as a life line. Students at a university in Pennsylvania are experiencing first-hand how InstantPHR can turn any mobile device into a literal life saver. Get Real Health client, KeyHIE, is partnering with a local university in Pennsylvania on…
Get Real Health had a banner year in 2015 with growth and extended reach on a national and international level. There were so many highlights we decided to share them as we look forward to even greater success in the coming year. The first quarter ended with a bang when our InstantPHR product landed in…
This week is National Mental Health Wellness Week. This is a grass roots public education campaign focused on promoting mental health wellness across the country. Through the Mental Health Wellness Week website, organizers can register to hold events in local communities aimed at education citizens about mental health wellness. Mental health is very individualized. What…
