Yearly Archives: 2017

PatientLink® CEO Debi Willis Presents at 2017 HL7® FHIR® Applications Roundtable Conference

10,000 boomers turn 65 every day. Can digital health technology keep them STEADI?

By 2050 the U.S. older adult population is projected to almost double, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Every day, 10,000 baby boomers turn age 65. With this great demographic shift – what some have called the “silver tsunami” – comes added pressure, as well as added opportunity, for governments, healthcare providers and industry to…

Health IT Innovator to Present Award-Winning MyLinks App at Health 2.0 11th Fall Conference

Debi Willis will be presenting MyLinks at the Health 2.0 conference along with Dr. Don Rucker of the ONC, Paul Black CEO of Allscripts, Ryan Howells of the CARIN Alliance, and several other prominent Health IT leaders. She will demonstrate how a patient can pull and aggregate their clinical data from Cedars-Sinai and New York Presbyterian, who…

Clinical Decision Support Tool to Decrease Fall Risk in Older Adults

Falls are preventable and can be considerably reduced if high risk patients are identified through screening and receive appropriate follow-up care. If your practice serves adults 65 and older, you should already be doing fall risk assessments. However, many doctors don’t due to time constraints. While time is limited at an appointment, it’s crucial for…

PatientLink CEO, Debi Willis named among leading innovators in Healthcare IT

A number of HIT executives, policy makers and industry innovators are leading the digital disruption of healthcare. In the following list, Health Data Management editors profile some of these visionaries who are seeking new and better ways to use cutting-edge technology to improve patient care. Debi Willis and PatientLink’s team of HIT experts use technology…

App developers demo ways to capitalize on emerging data sharing standard

While Health Level 7 International’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is still emerging as a mature standard, app developers have widely embraced HL7’s FHIR in many current use cases.   Health IT vendors see FHIR as a critical component to solving the complex interoperability challenges that are confronting healthcare organizations. Ultimately, they view their respective efforts as…

Allscripts® Open API Patient Engagement Challenge Runner-Up and January 2017 App of the Month

Oklahoma City, OK – January 24, 2017 –PatientLink, an innovative software development company, was chosen as one of the winners of the Allscripts Open API Patient Engagement Challenge, for their application, MyLinks. “It was such an honor to be chosen,” said Debi Willis, PatientLink CEO and Founder. “Partnering with the Allscripts Developer Program (ADP) has provided so many opportunities for…