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Modernize Your B2B/EDI Management Platform with Boomi

EDI remains an indispensable technology that has evolved gradually over the last 50 years, but many EDI products are showing their age. EDI is at the heart of business transactions between corporations and their business partners, however, businesses have changed drastically since the EDI standard got its start in the military in the late 1940s. […]

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Healthcare Information Integration Challenges and Solutions

Healthcare IT is ever-changing and Perficient is on the forefront of this change, guiding the industry and those we serve toward a brighter future. We partner with healthcare companies to help people live their lives to their fullest potential today, using best practices and cost saving technologies and processes. As we look to the future […]

How EDI, Big Data and Real-Time Analytics Can Improve Healthcare

In healthcare, most data is exchanged electronically between partners via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), and “Big Data” is helping the industry become more efficient and productive. EDI originated because it provided a structured mechanism for sharing data between disparate organizations and systems. The more common means of transferring data from source to a data warehouse […]

APIs in Healthcare: Increase the Value of Health Data

CHALLENGES MAKING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DATA MEANINGFUL  Healthcare data requires high security – but that can also lead to difficulty in sharing information when needed. Interoperability of healthcare data requires a modernized infrastructure to enhance communication and access. With restrictive formats like EDI and HL7, along with the unstructured data generated by wearables and devices, providers and health plans have […]

Solving Transformation and Routing of an EDI 837 Health Claim

Health Level Seven International (HL7) is a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standard-developing organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery, and evaluation of health services. We use these standards to communicate and exchange information at the […]

Determining EDI hardware needs

It is very important to make sure you determine your hardware requirements if you are implementing EDI for the first time, changing your EDI software or your EDI data needs. If you have already met your needs then you’re ahead of the game. If not, then once again make sure you get all key stakeholders […]

Shopping for an EDI software package

This is a very important step in the implementation of EDI. This step informs several of your other decisions; hardware, additional software, staffing, etc. Your previously identified data needs will also help to determine your software package. When shopping for your EDI software package, make a check list of your requirements. Here are a few […]

Creating your EDI mapping layout

In the previous blog we discussed the importance of knowing your data and business requirement needs. This is one place where that becomes important. If you already know your needs it makes it much easier to start your data mapping. First you should contact your trading partner. They should have some type of functional specs […]

3 Reasons for using a Managed Private Cloud for Interoperability

Cloud computing is a popular topic in IT circles today, and with this year’s Interoperability Showcase at HIMSS, the cloud’s impact on Interoperability will be an interesting topic of discussion. In healthcare circles, cloud computing conjures up fears for protecting private healthcare information and security concerns. There is a business case for a special type […]