- #HIMSS10 folks RT @philbaumann: If youre interested in healthcare communications, check out #hcsm which is on the air now. #hcsm #
- Thanks for the RT @SteveDEvans on our Interview with @jimmyweeks at #HIMSS10 http://bit.ly/bGbF7j #HCSM #
- TX for the RT @SteveDEvans on our #HIMSS10 interview with Brian Ahier ( @ahier ) on Open #EHR http://bit.ly/bFLCSF #HealthIT #hcit #EMR #
- Nice! RT @doctoranonymous: #hcsm Better Health did live ustream interviews, twitter etc to cover #HIMSS10 http://tinyurl.com/y94zsep #
- Thanks @HITpol for the RT on our interview with @jimmyweeks at #HIMSS10 http://bit.ly/bGbF7j – much appreciated! #
- How do you find experts within your organization? Quickly? Easily? "The man who should have used Connections" http://bit.ly/boJiUG #IBM #
- Interview with @ftvelasco of @Texashealth on EHR Certification announcement at #HIMSS10 http://bit.ly/8Yb1o8 #
- #HIMSS10 interview with @tomaq Aultman CIO & #MSHUG Chair on HealthVault Community Connect & HealthLanguage http://bit.ly/8Y2lDB #hcit #
- RT @TWEETHEALTHCARE Blue Care Network, a subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan,drops plan to buy Lansing HMO http://bit.ly/bA1wgP #
- Our #HIMSS10 video w/ Brian Ahier (@ahier) on Open Source & #EHR Certification has had 122 views so far! http://bit.ly/bX572V #hcit #hchit #
- WebMD jumps on the Social Media Bandwagon #hcsm http://bit.ly/cjEty2 #
- Survey shows #nurses spend most of their time on paperwork http://bit.ly/agYj5t #HealthIT #
- Ohio House bill would test medical home system http://bit.ly/aXTu6y #pcmh #
- #Nurses Say Distractions Cut Bedside Time by 25% http://bit.ly/daluvT #
- Why Facebook complaints about IHS are important http://bit.ly/c18mNI #hcsm #
- RT @pHealth: Aetna's efforts for mobile health. texting service, smart phone app, mobile-friendly website. http://bit.ly/95H39d #mHealth #
- RT @rilescat: Interviewing Physician and Admin leader for a Patient Centered Medical Home tomorrow. What Qs do you have? #hchit #pcmh #
- Good read RT @nickdawson: RT @leonardkish: #Health Care of the Future – Harvard Business Review: http://bit.ly/9WyBZ1 #HealthIT #hcit #
- Thanks for the RTs @dockj @drdisaia @hjluks – very much appreciated #
- Thanks for the RT's & mentions @dockj @SteveDEvans @chrisgeorge4 @donseamons @erine much appreciated! #
- Some #nurses paid more than family doctors http://bit.ly/cuBTAe #
- Tx for the RT @SteveDEvans on our new blog post: #Healthcare IT Video Interviews from #HIMSS10 http://bit.ly/bm4qeY #hcit #
- #HIMSS10 wrap-up from Ovum – #EHR #PHR & #HIE intersection, new vendors http://bit.ly/92ncSV #
- Good summary RT @amednews: RT @jimmyweeks Thoughts on #HIMSS10 http://post.ly/S9Kv #
- Good idea! RT @wordzx: RT @HIMSS: We're building a roundup of #HIMSS10 wrap-up blogs. Posts yours at http://bit.ly/9kMBN9 #
- Lorraine Fernandes' #HIMSS10 interview with @drval http://bit.ly/c8iU61 # EMR, #meaningfuluse linking patient data… via @Initiate #
- RT @cascadia: Consumer managed health record banking project- Community choice http://tinyurl.com/yzxdll9 with Microsoft HealthVault #H2 0 #
- RT @IBMHealthcare: RT @ITKid: IBM Finalizes NISC, Initiate Acquisitions, Boosts Business Analytics Capabilities http://bit.ly/dhLVrh #
- Nice info! RT @DMC_Heals: Blog post about creation of #hcsm and its creators @danamlewis, @arikhanson and @DanFuoco http://ow.ly/1gZfj #
- Interesting! RT @lizasisler: Great #sxsh videos from @Shwen w/ @chimoose @Doctor_V @LiveStrongCEO http://bit.ly/dmT0UW via @tstitt #hcmktg #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-14
by Liza Sisler on March 14th, 2010
Healthcare IT Video Interviews from HIMSS 2010
by Erin Eschen on March 9th, 2010
Last week, a group of Perficient colleagues attended a conference for the Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS). Liza Sisler (@lizasisler, and she also tweets on behalf of @Perficient_HC) connected with several influential social media pioneers in Healthcare IT prior to the conference and was able to gain time with four individuals to shoot short but informative interviews. She asked each of them about the most significant developments and experiences at HIMSS. Here are all four videos, each one short enough to enjoy. Let us know what you think of each individual’s comments.
Liza Sisler of Perficient, Inc. interviews Tom Mackey, Chair of Microsoft’s Health Users Group and CIO of Aultman Health Foundation. Tom gives his impressions of the HIMSS 2010 conference in Atlanta, GA. He mentions a company called Health Language and also notes that Microsoft’s HealthVault Community Connect announcement, made during HIMSS, has significant impact on the industry.
Tom tweets at @tomaq.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07
by Liza Sisler on March 7th, 2010
Perficient maintains a Healthcare Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/perficient_hc. Below, please find a weekly digest of the discussion in that forum. You may follow the account directly by ‘following’ us on Twitter here.
- RT @ej_butler: E-prescriptions more reliable than handwritten ones | CNet Health Tech http://bit.ly/bthbbI #healthcare #ptsafety #HIMSS10 #
- Think you know all about Apple’s #iPad Here’s what we don’t know http://bit.ly/bjYPOf #
- Reading analyst @john_chilmark’s post on #HIMSS10 & #MeaningfulUse http://bit.ly/9wGsEk before meeting him at 3pm http://bit.ly/cY1Xug #
Provider Healthcare Analytics: Driving Quality Outcome Measurements
by Erin Eschen on March 5th, 2010
Last week, we hosted a popular webinar on healthcare analytics. In this broadcast, our healthcare IT practice team discussed why healthcare analytics matters to progressive health systems and took a look at some of the market-leading healthcare analytics products and their associated architectures. We’ve posted the slides on SlideShare and wanted to share them with you here. Please leave us a comment below to tell us what you think, and follow our healthcare IT team on Twitter at @Perficient_HC
Who we’re following in Healthcare IT on Twitter
by Liza Sisler on March 2nd, 2010
This week, we have a large team of Perficient consultants and experts attending the HIMSS conference in Atlanta. As an IT consulting services provider, we partner closely with companies like Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and others who are extremely active in IT solutions for the healthcare industry.
In honor of the social media focus the conference has had, we’re providing for you a list of very active and influential Twitter folks who tweet about Healthcare IT. These are people we follow on Twitter and people we admire and respect for the value they contribute to the industry. We tweet at @Perficient_HC pretty much every day. Whether you are a healthcare IT professional who is just getting started on Twitter or you’ve been active for a while but you’re looking to break into the most active communities in the space, this list should be a great kick-start for you:
- Name Brian Ahier
- Location The Dalles, Orego
- Web http://ahier.blogspot.com/
- Bio Passionate about Health IT, Healthcare Reform and Gov 2.0; City Councilor, Presbyterian Elder
- Name Ed Bennett
- Location Ellicott City, Maryland
- Web http://ebennett.org/
- Bio I manage web sites for a large academic medical center. Opinions are my own, not those of my employer. email: ed@ebennett.org
- Ed also curates a list of all hospitals involved in social media, updates from over 300 U.S. hospitals regularly updating on Twitter: http://twitter.com/EdBennett/us-hospitals
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28
by Liza Sisler on February 28th, 2010
Perficient maintains a Healthcare Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/perficient_hc. Below, please find a weekly digest of the discussion in that forum. You may follow the account directly by ‘following’ us on Twitter here.
- Visit Perficient at #HIMSS10 Booth 9049 to learn about ICD-10/5010 planning and upgrades #
- From @informationweek Feds Tackling #HealthIT Privacy, Security Issues http://bit.ly/9eSW4l #hcit #
- Need a Electronic Health Record optimization approach? visit Perficient at #HIMSS10 Booth 9049 #EHR #
Is your EHR due for its check up??
by Tim Roberts on February 19th, 2010
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) continue at the center of the National debate on improving quality of care and stemming the tide of rising healthcare costs. Providers are heavily invested in EHRs and their investments continue to rise dramatically. However, inspite of the huge investments being made, organizations do not seek regular check ups and ’second’ opinions to ensure the EHR investment is being maximized.
Whether organizations are early in the EHR journey or have been working on it for years, many of them experience four unwelcomed, and often avoidable events:
- Projects take longer and cost much more than estimated
- Benefits are less than planned and take longer to realize
- Cost of ownership (ongoing costs such as upgrades and support) is higher than planned
- Clinicians do not readily adopt the new tools and workflows
Organizations often respond by scaling back the EHR initiative, resulting in significant benefits that are never realized or realized at an even later date. Others believe that the EHR is a project with a start and an end, not realizing the project is just the beginning of the EHR journey. Without a plan for the ongoing ‘care and feeding’ of their EHR, the process stagnates, and value withers away.
The truth is the initial EHR implementation is often a break-even proposition at best. How organizations build on the EHR foundation is where the real value is achieved.
Key to achieving the promised benefits of EHRs, is the understanding that the initial implementation is only the starting point. Organizations who are successful understand early that EHRs need to be enhanced and built upon. Beyond the foundational project is where organizations can realize significant value and return-on-investment, making the financial, organizational, and sweat-equity worthwhile.
Perficient’s HealthyEHR Health Check can help Organizations ensure that they are on the right track to achieve their original targeted benefits and to identify new, creative ways to leverage their EHR investment to unlock new value across the enterprise. The health check helps CEOs, CFOs, CIOs and CMIOs by providing:
- Review of EHR targeted benefits and outcomes
- Evaluation of the organization’s strategic plan and EHR roadmap for benefit achievement and alignment
- An objective 3rd party review of key EHR risks factors:
- Clinical adoption
- Workflow fragmentation
- Project governance
- Testing methodologies
- Business continuity planning
- Actionable recommendations to maximize the EHR investment.
EHR Health Checks are conducted by a senior team with decades of experience working with health care organizations to implement Electronic Health Records, and to help them achieve their targeted outcomes.
For more information on HealthyEHR stop by the Perficient booth 9049 at HIMSS 2010.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14
by Liza Sisler on February 14th, 2010
Perficient maintains a Healthcare Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/perficient_hc. Below, please find a weekly digest of the discussion in that forum. You may follow the account directly by ‘following’ us on Twitter here.
- Bloomberg.com: Overhaul’s Failure Will Ignite U.S. #Health Industry Mergers http://bit.ly/cpTOBv #HealthReform #HCR #
- RT @blausengroup @bart: @texting4health: Mobile technology should enhance work of human providers – http://bit.ly/cQ5pt4 #mhealth #hchit #
- Microsoft’s Peter Neupert on childhood obesity – 1/6 kids are obese http://bit.ly/cSt3GC (via @HealthVault) #Health #HCReform #HCR #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07
by Liza Sisler on February 7th, 2010
Perficient maintains a Healthcare Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/perficient_hc. Below, please find a weekly digest of the discussion in that forum. You may follow the account directly by ‘following’ us on Twitter here.
- IBM Helps Public #Health Community in the Middle East http://bit.ly/6LmyAK (via @ManageToWin) #IBM #HealthIT #hcit #
- Oracle Business Intelligence helps Kaleida #Health combat the flu: http://bit.ly/7AkaR3 (via @Prash03) #Oracle #HealthIT #hcit #BI #
- RT @cparente: #IBM/SSA health exchange pilot big success, generates extra $2M for users — Wash Tech: http://bit.ly/bV9xqC #HIE #HealthIT #
We’d love to meet you at HIMSS 2010 in Atlanta!
by Marty Frygier on February 5th, 2010
We’ll be in booth 9049 and we’d love for you to stop by to meet our Healthcare Directors/Bloggers John White and Tim Roberts as well as Liza Sisler, some of our technology experts and myself. We’ll be working with our partners IBM, Oracle and Microsoft to share information on their latest healthcare solutions as well as having a few of our customers stop by to share their experiences with Perficient. Feel free to send me an email (marty.frygier@perficient.com) if you would like to schedule some time to discuss a specific topic or solution and we’ll certainly make time to meet with you. We look forward to seeing you then!
