Okay, show of hands, how many people have received their flu shot this year? Where did you go? If you are like me and most Americans these days you probably didn’t want schedule an appointment with your doctor. You most likely needed a few things at your local grocery store, or needed to pick up […]
Priyal Patel
Priyal Patel is a healthcare industry expert, strategist and senior solutions architect for Perficient. With more than 10 years of healthcare industry experience, Priyal is a trusted advisor to C-level executives, senior managers and team members across clinical, business, and technology functions. Priyal has a proven track record of helping providers and health plans execute enterprise-level transformation to drive business, clinical, financial and operational efficiencies and outcomes.
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Meaningful Use for Mobile Health
Stop reading this blog and look up. What do you see? I bet the majority of you, especially if you are in a public place, will see most people with their heads down looking at their cell phones (be honest, are you reading this blog on your phone?). Am I right? I bet I am! […]
Predictive Analytics – Healthcare’s Crystal Ball
Given the constant quality, financial, and legislative pressures healthcare organizations are facing, the million dollar question remains, how do we get the right care to the right patient at the right time? Many healthcare organizations have turned to business intelligence (BI) as a way to bring information from desperate systems together, in a more efficient […]
Chronic Disease Management through Disease Registries
Chronic diseases, those diseases lasting 3 months or more that cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication1, are placing an increasing burden on our healthcare system. Unfortunately, the United States has one of the highest rates of illness, disability and death due to chronic diseases, such as asthma, diabetes, coronary heart disease and […]
HIE: 6 Opportunities for Increased Patient Safety
In my last blog post we explored the topic of shared decision making (SDM) and its impact on patient safety. This made me think of an experience we recently had with my dad. He had a stent placed about year and a half ago to open a blocked artery in his left anterior descending artery […]
Shared Decision Making – From Doctor is King to Patient is Key
The words, “because I said so” were like nails on a chalkboard for many children. I was lucky enough to rarely hear those words. I was blessed with parents that took the time to explain why they were taking the decision they were and as I got older willing to discuss decisions further, allowing me […]
ICD-10 Impact on Productivity – Offensive vs. Defensive Game
Chicago Bulls win the NBA Championship and ICD-10 has been postponed! Just kidding. However, as much as I am hoping for the former, I am sure many healthcare organizations are hoping for the latter. Unfortunately the chances of that happening are as slim as me becoming a Miami Heat fan! One thing is certain, when […]
Establishing Data Governance, Part 2: 10 Universal Components
In my last blog post a few months back I introduced some key concepts of data governance and the necessity of healthcare organizations to establish a data governance program as a way to perform quality control on its data. We touched on the 10 universal components of data governance that the Data Governance Institute (DGI) […]
Investing in Change Management to Drive Healthcare Outcomes
I attended a session at the HIMSS 2013 Conference yesterday entitled, Healthcare Kaizen, Daily Improvement, Not Just Events that Mark Graban, MSME, MBA, presented. At a technology conference it was refreshing to hear how technology should not be the only focus to improving care. In today’s healthcare environment, big strategic initiatives are all the rage. […]
Healthcare’s Tomorrowland – Interoperability Showcase at HIMSS
T-minus 7 days till HIMSS 2013. Preparing for HIMSS is like planning a trip to Disney World. You are excited to jump on your favorite rides and see your favorite attractions (education sessions and exhibits in our case!) that you have come to love over the years. But when you get there, somehow they have […]
Who Dat? Dat Would be HIMSS Thought Leaders on BI in New Orleans
No question about it, HIMSS is my favorite conference of the year. Not because I get to use more abbreviations and acronyms in one week than I do all year or because I get to connect with old colleagues and make new friends. And believe it or not, it is not because I thoroughly enjoy […]
Establishing Data Governance – Part 1
As we begin a new year it is only natural to reflect on all that has been learned the year prior. I’ve learned that a warm iron and newspaper can help lift candle wax off carpet (sorry mom and dad!) and recently, while on a project, I learned a new word- “propitious”-meaning, good chance of […]