Melody Smith Jones

I’m the type of person that dares to dream. So, in this time defined by simple patient messaging and health records sharing, I wonder what a future defined by the capture of health behavior data would look like. I do very much believe that we are moving towards a future where we use this health […]

Anyone that knows me well has undoubtedly learned the following: I’m an e-patient advocate I’m proud of the fact that I’ve had an electronic health record since I was in grade school I’ve been blogging since before it was called blogging, but my passion for social goes well beyond my own addictions. I believe social […]

Perficient’s Portal Principal, and all around nice guy, Mike Porter recently released a blog post series on 5 Approaches to Portal Personalization. Having worked on plenty of Healthcare portals, he incorporated use cases specific to our industry that I think you would enjoy. Below are these 5 approaches. Click on the heading to read his […]

The topic of bundled payments, and how healthcare organizations and ACOs will respond, has been a vital point of discussion as of late. As a result, my favorite read last week was Bundled Payments: Challenges & Opportunities written by Sheldon Hamburger and Erica Jankelovitz, JD, on the HIMSS site. For the uninitiated, bundled payments are […]

I’ve had the great fortune of working on a number of public websites for healthcare providers this year. I’ve noticed a recurring trend. Beyond traffic derived from those patients attempting to connect with the patient portal, the provider directory tool is the most oft visited locale on a provider website. Many healthcare organizations are responding […]

I work with a number of healthcare clients that work to enable patients around the topic of preventive medicine. They offer valuable information on their public website and portal. They also venture out into the world of social media with the mission of increasing care, and reducing costs, through ensuring that disease stops before it […]

Even the most motivated patients do not always know how to better their health. The journey through personal health can be one wrought with anxiety and intimidation. The messaging is not always clear, and the direction provided by clinicians is not always easily understood. So, in a healthcare industry that is welcoming patients into the […]

At the Connected Health Symposium last week I attended a session entitled “Listening in the Moment: Project HealthDesign Opens the Window on the Every-day Lives of Patients” by leading healthcare informaticist Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD (@pattifbrennan). She presented information collected by Project HealthDesign with regard to the unstructured data patients collect about their health. […]

At the Connected Health Symposium in Boston I attended a session entitled “The ‘e’ is for Engagement: the Latest Research on the e-Patient Revolution” led by Susannah Fox (@SusannahFox). At this event, Susannah released new patient self tracking research for the first time. The results of her research showed that: 60% of adults track their […]

I’m in Boston this week at the Connected Health Symposium. I’ve attended a number of great sessions already, but I think I’m going to start with the one that left me wanting for more. My first official session of the day was entitled “Big Data Healthcare Analytics: Frontier or Fiction?” The panelists included Charlie Baker […]

This week I am at Oracle Open World discussing ePatients and Connected Health. I’ve been involved in many discussions about this growing movement of ePatients in healthcare. The changing market and patient dynamics have been a key discussion point. We have an industry in the state of transition. It once was the case where we […]

This week Perficient Healthcare will be heading to Oracle Open World in San Francisco. If you’re in town for the event, then please feel free to stop by to geek out with the Perficient crew on the latest in Health IT. What will we be talking about? Accountable Care = HIE + Analytics In order […]