Jamie Churchill

Michael Porter, who leads Perficient’s Portal practice, posted a blog yesterday called “If You Build a Patient Portal Why Won’t They Come?” This article is a response to a post of the same title by by Steve Wilkins and also relates closely to a recent post on our blog by Marcie Stoshak-Chavez. Michael does a […]

My colleague, Lesli Adams, is a regular blogger on Perficient’s Oracle technologies blog. As the Director of Oracle Healthcare Business Intelligence, she often posts about topics that are also relevant in the healthcare world. She recently posted a blog about Clinical Measurement that would be a good read for those interested in healthcare analytics, below: […]

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have spoken: October 1, 2014 remains the deadline for ICD-10 transition. Counting on another one-year extension is no longer a viable strategy, and delaying implementation can cause your organization to miss out on the cost and care improving benefits. While ICD-10 implementation can be challenging and places new […]

The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]

Earlier this week Phil Fasano, EVP & CIO at Kaiser Permanente, wrote a blog post posing the question: If other industries have proven that IT can improve processes and reduce costs, why has healthcare been so slow to adopt? Phil’s post discusses the current state of healthcare IT as well as what entrepreneurs can focus […]

Healthcare organizations need to better understand the factors leading patients to make hospital visits in the first place and then effectively treat those issues in the first visit. Predictive analytics allows healthcare organizations to do just this by managing chronic conditions, engaging patients in their own care, and identifying factors that make readmission likely. Perficient […]

Next week Perficient will be hosting a webinar focusing on patient engagement leveraging Oracle technology. The webinar, Transforming Healthcare through Patient Engagement Using Oracle Solutions, will be hosted by Perficient’s Melody Smith Jones, Manager of Healthcare Collaborative Technologies, and Lesli Adams, Director of Oracle BI and Healthcare. I spoke with Melody and Lesli to find […]

The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]

Earlier this month at the HIMSS 2013 Conference, Perficient’s Liza Sisler spoke with Dave deBronkart, better known as ePatient Dave. Dave and Liza discuss the unique roles of health, care and medication in engaged healthcare and the idea that the patient is the key to bringing all three aspects together in order to provide better […]

Last week at the HIMSS 2013 show we spoke to John Lynn, Founder of Healthcare Scene blog network and Influential Networks. In the first video, John gives a description about the role of each website in the healthcare IT world. John also discussed the hot topics he has heard at HIMSS, including interoperability and the […]

Yesterday one of my colleagues, Terie McClintock, wrote a post about solutions to the healthcare cost crisis. In her post, Terie discusses a the solution to high healthcare costs as a matrix that incorporates the many factors influencing costs. Identification of key clinical and financial determinants can be integrated into cost reduction and efficiency enhancing […]

This past week at the HIMSS Conference, Perficient was lucky enough to be able to host a Tweet Up on Patient Engagement. Our own Martin Sizemore emceed the event, which attracted several members of The Walking Gallery. Attendees of the Tweet Up discussed what patients are looking for in a portal, engaging patients who do […]