Manufacturing demand; Vendor says quality, not profits, behind institute.

Modern Healthcare, June, 2009 by DerGurahian, Jean

Byline: Jean DerGurahian

A leading provider of bedside computer applications for patient engagement is promoting the use of its own and similar products by creating and helping fund a not-for-profit institute devoted to researching patient-engagement effectiveness.

GetWellNetwork is the primary backer of the Institute for Interactive Patient Care, which plans to conduct research on how patient engagement affects quality and safety as well as financial and patient outcomes, and to use those findings to develop policy, standards and requirements around patient engagement. Washington-based GetWellNetwork, endorsed by the American Hospital Association, develops patient-engagement applications and provides an inpatient-care delivery model dubbed...

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