There has been a lot of buzz across industries about digital transformation and lets be honest, the reality is that digital transformation is a business imperative. Organizations that delay transformation or ignore it altogether risk being irrelevant. According to trends analyst Altimeter, digital transformation as “the realignment of, or new investment in, technology and business […]
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4 Challenges Inherent in Digital Transformation
A core set of digital technologies — mobile, social, the cloud and data, among others — are transforming companies at both an operational and a strategic level. Upon committing to digital transformation, the first concern becomes obvious: What are the challenges inherent in digital transformation? There are four trends driving real change across industries today […]
A Digital Transformation Must: Turn Websites into Digital Hubs
Healthcare organizations are beginning to understand the value of a great website. But what makes awebsite great? For many the website is the center of the digital experience. But rather than just being a place for people to find information, websites should focus on the customer experience by being: USEFUL, RESPONSIVE and INTUITIVE. Web analytics […]
Getting Started with Digital Transformation in Healthcare
The phrase digital transformation has been a big buzz word in healthcare and across other industries. The words digital transformation likely bring two questions to mind: what is it and what does it mean to me? Although it seems like a catchphrase, digital transformation is a business imperative even for healthcare organizations. Organizations that delay […]
Change Management: Soft or Tangible ROI
“…When we think about projects particularly with technology implementations, we are all about getting technology right…unfortunately that doesn’t always define success.” David Chapman Strategic Adviser – Perficient Change Management helps to ensure that the “people” in your organization are ready, willing and able to function effectively as part of the technology implementation and it can be one […]
4 Ways Collaboration Created Buzz at #HIMSS16
Wow, what a conference. As we wrap up exhibit day 3 of the annual HIMSS conference I can’t help but reflect on a buzzword I heard throughout the day. That word is collaboration. Collaboration between providers and health plans; patients and providers, vendors; and employee. Provider and Health Plans: Healthcare organizations, both providers and health […]
2 Takeaways from #HIMSS16 Exhibit Day 2
We have wrapped up day 2 at HIMSS. A day full of connecting with others in the healthcare industry and diving into conversations about the challenges and trends in healthcare. As a patient, I always enjoy the conversations about connected health and learning how organizations are putting the patient and their journey at the center. […]
3 Hot Topics from #HIMSS16 Exhibit Day 1
Day one of #HIMSS16 has wrapped and it was a day full of networking and conversation around improving healthcare. While there were plenty of discussions about various topics in healthcare, there were three overwhelming themes that were consistent throughout the majority of my conversations. #1. Patient engagement and empowerment – One of the hot […]
3-Part Pledge to Ease EHR Use & Interoperability – #HIMSS16
The annual HIMSS conference opened with a bang as opening keynote speaker Sylvia Mathews Burwell, U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services, announced a push for interoperability. Some of the nation’s top healthcare information technology developers and many of their customers have made a pledge to make it easier for patients to use the information […]
#HIMSS16 Underway: Customer Success Stories, Amazon Echo Giveaway
We’re all set up and ready to go! HIMSS16 is officially underway, and our Perficient Healthcare team looks forward to chatting with attendees at booth #2871. This year’s conference brings together more than 40,000 people to talk about the challenges, opportunities and innovations in healthcare IT. Stop by our booth to hear real-world customer success […]
A Look Inside Healthcare Data & Device Security
With the continued move towards digital securing patient data has moved to the top of the list for many healthcare organizations. I sat down with David Chou (@dchou1107) to talk about data and device privacy and security and get his perspective on the challenges and what organizations can be doing to protect themselves and their […]
#HIMSS16 Perspective – Interview with Priyal Patel, MHA
We continue our HIMSS16 Perspective series with an interview featuring Priyal Patel, MHA, Sr. Solutions Architect and Consultant, Perficient. Priyal is a detail-oriented and results-driven healthcare subject matter expert and business consultant. She has strong leadership and interpersonal skills and has led and collaborated with multi-disciplinary project teams from some of the most prominent healthcare […]