Research brief: Understanding opioid utilization patterns across common procedures

Opioids are indicated for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pain and some chronic health conditions. To better understand opioid utilization, pain management, and excess medication disposal, 65 physicians across 12 practices participated in a study using GetWell Loop to connect with patients pre- and post-procedure.

Social Determinants of Health: Closing the Gap

Addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) and ensuring health equity is a critical element to improving the health of a population; health equity and population health are interdependent. The health and wellness of a group or community made up of individuals is dependent upon the ability of those individuals to receive care. But annual wellness

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Study Shows Lower ED Readmission Rates with GetWell Loop

A significant number of patients are willing to use a digital application following emergency department (ED) discharge to better engage in their care, lowering ED readmission rates, according to a study recently published in JMIR Formative Research. The 1-year study followed patients treated in the ED at LifeBridge Health for general medicine or cardiology conditions

Federal Community of Practice: Solutions that matter

On demand webinar sharing best practice stories from across VHA: Engaging Miami Community Living Center veterans in meaningful activities, Suicide prevention strategies and best practices

On-demand webinar: Embracing the healthcare consumer

Today’s consumers often have high expectations for the services they need. And every industry, from airlines to hotels to banks and more, is clamoring to meet those expectations. Healthcare is no exception.

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A Year of Progress and a Commitment to Population Health

This January, Get Well marked the one year anniversary of the acquisition of Docent Health, a core part of a multi-year strategy and internal investments to expand Get Well’s offering with robust solutions for ambulatory, population health, and payer clients. Building off Get Well’s 20 years of healthcare innovation in patient interactive care, we’ve added

Digital Patient Engagement Trends: 4 things to Watch in 2022

As we look to examine digital patient engagement trends for the coming year, it is not underselling it to say that the past two years in healthcare have been unlike anything the industry has ever experienced. The COVID-19 pandemic hit the world hard in late 2019, and collectively, the industry has been taking blows ever

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Post-COVID Syndrome: How Digital Technology Can Help

Earlier this month, the United States surpassed the record for COVID-19 hospitalizations, which had been set a year ago in January 2021 — before vaccines were widely available to the public — a sign that the Omicron variant is continuing to ravage the healthcare system. The highly contagious variant, while seemingly less severe according to

How Digital Health Technology Can Help with Staffing Shortages

It’s been nearly two years since the first cases of COVID-19 found their way to the United States. And, as the country battles a new surge of COVID-19 cases stemming from the Omicron variant, daily hospitalizations from COVID-19 continue to shatter records — something experts say could become a regular occurrence with the much more