Archive for February, 2012

Splunk hosted a webinar earlier today on their Splunk for WebSphere Application Server 2.0 application. This is an application they wrote that extends Splunk’s already powerful capabilities to provide WebSphere-specific searches and reports. If you’re not familiar with Splunk, you should take a look. In a nutshell: Your IT infrastructure generates massive amounts of data. […]

I was going through some TDWI material and found what they considered the ‘Best of BI’ in 2011. They mentioned mobile BI as being one of the top. With mobile devices being a key piece of a business today, and Gartner mentioning that by 2013, 33% of BI functionality will be consumed via a mobile […]

Recently I’ve been working on many  Microsoft SharePoint 2010 projects.  One thing that always comes up is determining whether it’s custom work or “out-of-the-box”.  This is often a difficult question to answer, since nothing is really out-of-the-box, but rather configured.  Custom work is much easier to discuss and identify.  Two recent projects I’ve had the privilege to […]

 A very common requirement in a portal solution is a terms of use acknowledgement (TOU) which gates entry into the portal until the user accepts terms and conditions.  The next time the user logs on, they will not be required to accept the conditions again.  There is not a built in “out of the box” […]

The men and women of HIMSS 2012 comment on what unique qualities women bring to Health IT.

Sitecore Search, and before it Lucene indexes are great to use within Sitecore implementations when you have a large list of items that you need to query.  The new namespace Sitecore.Search allows you to query specific fields for values, and through the use of the QueryOccurance enumerator, gives you the option to choose whether the value […]

This one’s easy. Every team needs source control. Period. No exceptions. A team of one needs source control. Source control tools serve two primary purposes in BI development groups: Version control during development including playing a part in code reviews and ensuring the security (backup) of the code base. Deployment support as a controlled repository […]

First, I want to point you to a two-part recent post: Forecast and Ramifications of Payers in the HIE Market: Part One, February 16, 2012 by Naveen Forecast and Ramifications of Payers in the HIE Market: Part Two, February 20, 2012 by Naveen Some great stuff posted by the prolific Mr. Rao before heading out […]

Personas are incredibly helpful at informing project teams because they are powerful mnemonics for large amounts of data. They combine our ability to perceive and recognize other human faces and our ability to remember stories in a light, accessible document. Personas are based on deep research of the users through interviews, observations, and other reliable […]

At HIMSS 2012 we talked with patient advocate Regina Holliday (@ReginaHolliday) on the importance of patient engagement in reducing costs and increasing quality in Healthcare.

Today I attended a Webinar given by Adobe showing a sneak peek at CQ5.5.  Almost a year ago I blogged about how Adobe CQ5 had arrived.  Adobe CQ5.5 will include significant improvements especially for digital marketers. Adobe plans to announce CQ5.5 in March,  2012 and there will be lots more new features than what I […]

We spoke with Jane Sarasohn-Kahn (@healthythinker) at HIMSS 2012 on the evolving economics of healthcare as we move from volume based to value based care.