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Bridge has partnered with Universe to provide an advanced mobile app platform. Universe mHealth LLC has launched the first client-branded advanced mobile app platform for healthcare organizations—the Universe mHealth App Platform. The platform offers medium and large healthcare organizations a single iOS and Android mobile app to support all of their informational,…Read more

Bridge is proud to announce that our revolutionary solution for patient engagement is now live at Westmed Medical Group. Patients are frustrated with the limited access to their health information online, availability of self-service features and lack of basic mobile app functionality. Today, Bridge Patient Portal, LLC announced the implementation…Read more

The Bridge Patient Portal development team is excited to announce the release of Bridge Patient Portal Version 2.0, healthcare’s leading enterprise patient engagement platform. Bridge Version 2.0 continues to expand on Bridge’s interface capabilities, patient self-service functionality, and patient engagement tools. Learn more about our updates and new features below.…Read more

Updated on December 21, 2021 Since the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the electronic health record (EHR) incentive program, Meaningful Use (MU), in 2011, the term patient engagement has become nearly ubiquitous in US healthcare policy discussions. It is now the driving concept behind CMS’s proposed[¹] financial reimbursement paradigm shift…Read more

Updated on March 9, 2021. Patient engagement — involving your patients in their healthcare journey through ongoing education, information, and shared decision making — has a lot of potential for improving your outcome indicators and reducing costs. As a healthcare provider, you have a number of opportunities to achieve these…Read more

Adopting even the best patient portal software and mobile app can be a challenge for many medical practices, both in terms of getting staff on board with the new software and encouraging patients to use it. This is often the case, despite the fact that patients are increasingly demanding access to…Read more

Outdated as of May 2021. This article is outdated. Please find our updated resource that explains the current MACRA / MIPS / Meaningful Use regulations.  Strategies for MIPS / MACRA attestation, and how patient portals might have a greater impact on your scoring than you might think. The objective of this article…Read more

Updated on May 26, 2021. What is MACRA/MIPS? MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act), pays healthcare providers that care for Medicare beneficiaries a variable amount based on the quality of the care they provide. Merit-Based Incentive Payments System (MIPS) is a payment track created under MACRA. It aims to…Read more

Updated on January 1, 2021. Telemedicine is the use of technology for remote patient monitoring and medical consultations. Before COVID-19, some healthcare organizations saw telemedicine software as a logical response to ballooning healthcare expenditures and an ever-increasing physician availability shortage. During the pandemic, it is no longer just an option…Read more

Updated on November 24, 2020. Having a post-visit communication plan can significantly improve patient outcomes by reducing the number of emergency visits, decreasing the hospital readmission rate, and improving chronic disease management. “Patients who effectively used a portal were 2-4% less likely to be hospitalized. Those who engaged with the…Read more