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The MediSked Blog

Raise Awareness this March!

Posted by Linda Nakagawa on Thu, Mar 01, 2018 @ 09:48 AM

Happy first day of March! March represents many things: the beginning of the end of winter, longer days, and the observation of National Developmental Disabilities Awareness month, National Brain Injury Awareness month, and National Nutrition month!

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Tags: Awareness, 2018

Upcoming Webinar - Value Over Volume: The Shift to Value-Based Purchasing for I/DD

Posted by Linda Nakagawa on Thu, Feb 22, 2018 @ 09:30 AM

MediSked is hosting a webinar, Value Over Volume: The Shift to Value-Based Purchasing for I/DD, on Wednesday, March 7, from 3:30 - 4:30 pm ET. 

In an effort to reduce costs and improve quality outcomes, many states are looking to shift care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) from fee-for-service to value-based purchasing (VBP) reimbursement models. The presenters will provide an overview of the strategies for quantifying quality measures that extend to the full continuum of care. They will also discuss the integrated technology solutions that are essential for the collection of actionable, measurable, and reportable data.  

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Tags: Awareness, 2018, Industry Trends

A Day in the Life of a MediSked Software Developer

Posted by Linda Nakagawa on Tue, Feb 20, 2018 @ 11:00 AM

Technology has become a vital part of our lives, but we often don’t know much about how the technology we use was actually created. Cartoons and tv shows will often depict dark rooms with faces illuminated by only the glow of a computer screen as someone is hastily coding and chugging a caffeinated beverage.  I interviewed Emily Vukman, one of MediSked’s engineers to share some light into what this discipline looks like and how different features are brought to life.

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Tags: Awareness, 2018

What is UX? 

Posted by Danielle Bonanni on Mon, Feb 12, 2018 @ 11:00 AM

If you’ve ever opened an app for the very first time, and figured out how to use it without a video tutorial or a lengthy instruction manual, it’s because it had great UX.

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Tags: Awareness, 2018, UX