A recent article in the Concord Monitor regarding the financial health of medical facilities states that New Hampshire “hospitals collectively lost $575 million in revenue between March and July, said Kathy Bizarro-Thunberg, executive vice president of the New Hampshire Hospital Association. The group estimates hospitals will lose $700 million by the end of the year.”…
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…
When the President of the United States echoes your sentiments about the state of healthcare technology, it is very gratifying. President Obama recently addressed the issue as he summed up the White House’s Precision Medicine Initiative. The initiative, announced as part of the 2015 State of the Union Address, is a $215 million investment in…
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…
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…
Through its “Champions of Change” program, the White House honors individuals who are inspiring and empowering others in their community through extraordinary works. Earlier this year, President Obama launched his Precision Medicine Initiative. The initiative enables a new era of medicine; focusing on research and technology that empower patients, researchers and providers to work together…
Members of Get Real Health’s executive team have been invited to the White House four times in the last eight months! Yesterday, President and Founding Partner Robin Wiener spent the morning with a group of local small business leaders and Small Business Administration and senior White House officials talking about the issues that are most…
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…
2013 was a banner year for Get Real Health: New partners, new clients, new capital, new hires…and not one but two trips to the White House. In this video, you can see twelve months of our biggest and brightest moments in less than two minutes! Get Real Health: A Year In Review GRH Partners with Caradigm on new…
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…
