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Nine Years

By Eric Engelmann, President & CEO

Nine years ago, Genesis Health System in Davenport, Iowa, took a chance and hired Geonetric to implement a newfangled “Content Management System” with a series of applications designed specifically for hospitals.

Since then, Genesis and Geonetric have done some amazing work together. Here are some highlights:

• Launched two complete redesigns,
• Created one of the nation’s first bariatric patient blogs,
• Put urgent care wait times on the Web site,
• Constructed an advanced policy and procedures system, and
• Developed a comprehensive intranet.

The goal has been to keep Genesis ahead of its competitors, and the long standing relationship between Geonetric and Genesis has made this possible.

Genesis is Live on Portal!

By Angie Brunow, Senior Project Manager

Yesterday was an exciting day at Geonetric. After months of work from our product team, client service team, and really all employees at Geonetric, we launched a new Web site for Genesis Health System with the newest version of our VitalSite Patient Portal. It’s the first site we’ve launched with our advanced portal and we’re thrilled to introduce it.

Observations from the HIMSS e-Health SIG Panel Discussion on Health 2.0

At HIMSS, I had the opportunity to co-host a panel discussion on Health 2.0 as a co-chair of the e-Health Special Interest Group. We were blessed with an incredible panel:

• Khaled Hassounah, MedHelp (http://www.medhelp.org/)
• Matthew Holt, (http://www.health2con.com/) and (http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/)
• Julie Murchinson, (http://www.health2accelerator.org) and
• Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, THINK-Health (http://www.think-health.com/)

And an incredible group of attendees, leading to some truly fascinating discussion. What follows is a short summary of what I heard in that discussion.