Author: John Deutsch

When you think about adopting the principles of value-based care in your practice, what are the operational needs that come to mind?  Maybe you think about ways to be more effective in managing population health. Or stronger care coordination. Or making earlier interventions, improving adherence, and getting your patients to…

How much does the lack of patient engagement cost the U.S. healthcare system? It’s an important question as reimbursement increasingly is tied to value-based care, leaving physicians bearing more risk. Concise answers to that question are hard to come by, but it’s likely in the hundreds of billions of dollars…

DALLAS, TX, August 01, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ — Now available under the name BridgeInteract Patient Engagement Platform, this complete, customizable patient engagement solution enables healthcare providers to consolidate their patient-facing tools and deliver an outstanding patient experience. Bridge, a leading software vendor of mobile-first patient engagement SaaS solutions, today announced the expansion of its suite…

HIPAA -Email-SMS
Updated on August 23, 2024. Patients require open communication with their healthcare providers before and after their appointments, and using text messages (SMS) or email for this might seem logical. However, due to HIPAA, texting and emailing with patients must follow strict guidelines to guarantee the privacy and security of…

Bridge Earns Cures Act (g)(10) FHIR API Certification
Bridge is proud to announce we have achieved 21st Century Cures Act (g)(10) FHIR API certification from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) on November 29th, 2022. This new certification is recognized as the most stringent one to date under the 21st Century Cures Act…

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China and other emerging markets take the global lead in mHealth (mobile health) use, despite apparent disadvantages. The digital revolution has transformed society and many industries along with it, but healthcare, despite its importance, lags behind many other sectors in the adoption of game-changing technology. The introduction of mHealth—that is,…

emr patient portal blog article
The recent acceleration of virtual care is causing waves across the healthcare industry. In an attempt to keep up with an increased demand for online services for patients, current Electronic Medical Record (EMR) vendors are promoting more and more piecemealed patient engagement solutions to keep up with increasing demands for…

improve patient intake efficiency
What is the patient intake process? Patient intake spans a variety of operations wherein healthcare providers gather and organize patient data from their demographic and insurance information to collecting consent forms, reviewing medical history, collecting co-pays, and much more. All these processes contribute to longer wait times, and it’s important…

Healthcare-Digital-Transformation
What is healthcare digital transformation? Digital transformation in healthcare can be seen as the organizational, operational, and cultural change of an organization or industry through the integration of digital technologies, processes, and competencies in a staged and strategic way[¹]. In contrast to digitalization in general, healthcare digital transformation is much…

Next Generation Patient Portal
The digitalization of the healthcare industry has led to an increase in focus towards the individual patient and giving more personalized care. With that comes a higher expectation on providers. Electronic Health Records (EHR) have been in use for many years in order to keep and maintain clinical data, but…
John Deutsch
John Deutsch

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) John is a seasoned executive with 20+ years of healthcare IT business ownership experience specializing in patient engagement, marketing, and software/web development. He co-founded EMR Experts, an EHR consulting firm sold to Bizmatics Inc. in 2008. John then founded Medical Web Experts (MWE), a leader in custom HIPAA-compliant software/web development and marketing for the healthcare industry. Bridge Patient Portal, an all-in-one patient engagement solution, was spun off from MWE in 2014. John split his time between both companies before stepping down from MWE in 2019 to focus solely on Bridge Patient Portal. In 2023, Bridge Patient Portal was rebranded to BridgeInteract to reflect its evolution to a comprehensive, composable patient engagement platform. As CEO, John leverages his extensive management experience and strong technical knowledge in healthcare IT, cybersecurity, and compliance to provide healthcare organizations with the tools they need to compose their perfect patient engagement offering.