Jamie Churchill

The need for better collaboration in the Healthcare industry has never been greater. Medical information is critical and constantly changing and growing in size by the second, so much so that the entire volume of medical data doubles in volume every five years. Doctors, patients and healthcare organization all recognize that this incredible volume of […]

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 […]

This week at IBM’s Information On Demand 2012 conference in Las Vegas, Perficient received the Integration Excellence Award. This recognition was a result of work with Premier healthcare alliance and IBM in developing and delivering PremierConnect, a technology platform that houses the largest virtual healthcare community in the country. From the press release: With increasing […]

The rate of consumers using social media in their healthcare journey is growing exponentially. A recent survey shows that consumers looking at health information online, and they’re using various sources to do so. Consumers are looking to the web not only for clinical information and guidance, but also for support communities. In many industries, mobile […]

I have to admit it: I’m a sucker for infographics. They’re a great way to display what would normally be an overload of key facts and data in a concise, easy to digest manner. I’ve come across many related to healthcare IT covering many topics, from social media use to the currently trending topic of […]

A recent article addressed some of the top challenges facing CIOs in the healthcare industry. Many of these challenges are created by the need to keep up with constantly changing regulations as well as addressing HIPAA security concerns. Here are a few of the top concerns of healthcare CIOs, and how health information technology can […]

Tomorrow, August 24th, at 11am CT, Perficient will be moderating the #HITsm TweetChat. The acronym #HITsm stands for “healthcare IT social media” and these weekly chats center around current topics in healthcare technology, health IT, and the role of social media in healthcare. This week’s topics center around connected health. For a preview of the […]

Business intelligence as a concept is elusive in healthcare. While BI has caught up and advanced rapidly in other sectors it remains mostly uncharted territory for both physician practices and hospitals. The primary reason for this is lack of understanding of the benefits of BI and justification for taking the time to deploy and use […]

The Healthcare practice at Perficient continues to grow, this time by providing Service Oriented Architecture services to NASCO, a health plans solutions provider. With this solution in place, NASCO will continue to allow the Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations to provide successful services to their members. From the press release which you can read […]

Is your organization facing an overwhelming quantity of data? Are you interested in learning more about harnessing Big Data in Healthcare? Join us for the event, “Building Social Intelligence: How to Leverage Big Data and Social Analytics to Drive Business Insight” on July 31st. Denise Hatzidakis, CTO of Premier Healthcare Alliance, will discuss turning an […]

The term “Accountable Care Organization”, or ACO, is used to describe a primary physician centric healthcare delivery system with a shared savings compensation model. ACOs are primary physician-centric groups of doctors, specialists, hospitals, and other health care providers, who voluntarily come together with a proper legal structure which aims to provide coordinated high-quality care to […]

Escalating costs and suboptimal quality of care are indicators that the healthcare system is broken. Preventative care is being pushed aside and traded for costly ER visits and inpatient hospital stays. The problem does not end here, however; once patients receive the necessary inpatient care, many are discharged to only end up back in the […]