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Archive for January, 2014

Webinar Recap & Replay: Building a Better Healthcare Dashboard

Yesterday, Perficient and Microsoft teamed up for the webinar, “Building the Better Healthcare Dashboard.” Joseph Paranteau, Principal Platform Solution Specialist at Microsoft, and Martin Sizemore, Healthcare Principal at Perficient, joined together to take a look at the business side of key performance indicators, and show attendees how Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and Sharepoint 2013 deliver […]

Steps to fully realize the promise of DX

CIO and CMO convergence has been mentioned by many esteemed thought leaders as the key driver to digital marketing (DX) success.  At Perficient, we very much agree with that statement.  See below for a few great examples: https://blogs.perficient.com/microsoft/2013/10/the-blurring-line-between-cio-and-cmo/ https://blogs.perficient.com/portals/2013/12/09/cmo-and-cio-need-to-work-together/ We also believe that the age old adage, “you can lead a horse to water, but […]

eXtreme Scale

Just for curiosity’s sake and this blog, I looked up the definition of ‘cache’ [as used in computer science]. Most sources define it as “…a component that transparently stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster “.  The part about served faster reminded me of an old adage. It goes like this. […]

Healthcare Portals and More from #IBMConnect

Perficient’s Michael Porter and Mark Polly have been feverishly posting updates from the ground at IBM Connect in Orlando. There is a lot of information, so let’s jump into it: Successfully Piloting Social Business Software Tufts Health Plan – Creating a World Class Experience Digital Experiences Critical to Healthcare Industry Success Healthcare Portals: 5 Core […]

IBM Connect Features TD Ameritrade’s Social Business

There’s been a lot of buzz on Twitter this week around IBM Connect. The Perficient IBMers and Portals, Web Content and Social team are in attendance at IBM Connect and actively blogging about some of the sessions highlights at the show. One of the biggest stories out of the financial services and banking industry there […]

Power BI for Office 365: Self-Service BI Webinar Recap

Yesterday, we hosted a webinar on Power BI for Office 365: Using SharePoint Online to Deliver Self-Service Business Intelligence. During the well attended session, Andy Tegethoff, Microsoft BI architect at Perficient, first reviewed what Power BI is all about, who is likely to be a user, and the components of it. He then dug deeper […]

Multifaceted Search using IBM Web Content Manager

Maria Rauba from Asponte presented how she implemented a multifaceted search using IBM Web Content Manager in Portal.  Faceted search is an often requested feature and is not something that comes out of the box in WCM.  Components used: Custom JSP Custom Search Seedlist WCM Search component Custom Javascript The HTML Form contains the custom […]

Connected Health Trend Countdown: #3 Moving Beyond “Sick Care”

We’re winding down the countdown with one that is near and dear to my heart. One of my very first jobs, when I was just a wee lass of 14 years of age, was as a peer health educator for North County Health Services in California. That’s the foundation that still drives me in my […]

Healthcare Portals: 5 Core Needs for a Great Experience

Mark Polly (@markapolly) and I (@porteronportal)  presented here at IBM Connect on Healthcare Portals.  It’s a huge subject so we chose to focus on 5 things you absolutely must do when interacting with your consumers, patients, or members.  Here’s the slideshare.

IBM Connect: Tufts Health Plan -Creating a World Class Experience

Bill Pappalardo and Tim Reilly spoke about the work they’ve done with a portal at Tufts Health Plan. About Tufts They are the second largest health care plans in MA with over one million members. They are ranked by NCQA one of the top health plans for the past nine years. As part of this: […]

Digital Experiences Critical to Healthcare Industry Success

The healthcare industry continues to undergo dramatic change due to regulatory reform including Meaningful Use Stage 2, which stipulates requirements and feedback on what a patient portal should be. As a result, we see a challenging dynamic between patients, providers and payers. An exceptional digital experience is one way to help each stakeholder get through […]

Successfully Piloting Social Business Software

Rob Novak and Mac Guidera presented tips on how to make a pilot in social software successful. First why pilot?  A pilot is critical to success because it provides for an experimental trial on a small scale for the future change that you anticipate.A well run pilot reduces the risk of large scale failure and […]

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