The past year was very busy for the Perficient Healthcare team, and our blog reflects the time and hard work our group has put in. Throughout a year of healthcare reform, regulations implementation, and numerous deadline changes, we’ve worked to keep our subscribers in the loop. As we start another busy year, here is a […]
Regulatory Compliance
Angry Docs: A Mission to Conquer Meaningful Use Requirements
Who would have imagined ten years ago that many of us would spend hours using a slingshot to fling hacked off birds on a single mission to destroy arrogant pigs? We do this using computers smaller than our dinner plates while sitting on airplanes, park benches, the family room sofa, and sometimes at work. For […]
Hospital Discharge Planning-Is This Goodbye or See You Later?
In my last blog post, I discussed hospital readmissions and offered some solutions on how to prevent this growing problem within our health system. Of those solutions, I would like to take a closer look at hospital discharge planning and how this simple task in the transition of care can help alleviate the $12 billion […]
Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – November 2012
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 […]
Driving Value in Healthcare with EMRs and SharePoint
My colleague, Michael Porter, posted a blog from the SharePoint Conference about an interesting session he attended. During the session, a business case on how SharePoint can benefit healthcare was presented. The case focused on a doctor working with a clinical IT director, utilizing technology to improve patient care. Here is an excerpt from Michael’s […]
Meaningful Use doesn’t have to be painful
In my last blog, I talked about the changes forced upon healthcare providers and some software developers who were striving to minimize the impact of these changes. I received comments stating their position that the providers must adapt and it seemed pointless to build systems that mimic an existing process. I believe this approach is […]
Simple Strategies to Prevent Hospital Readmissions
Hospital readmission is a growing problem within our health system. Many Medicare patients discharged from an inpatient stay find themselves back in the hospital within 30 days1. Jenny Minott, from Academy Health, states that “some of these readmissions are planned, and others may be part of the natural course of treatment for specific conditions; but, […]
EMR adoption doesn’t have to hurt a bit
I have blogged about change a few times already. This is a pretty important topic as it relates to healthcare reform and technology adoption. It can be summed up in a single sentence: Change is coming. Physicians don’t have time for change. Nurses don’t have time for change. Administrators don’t have time. Everyone in the […]
Value Based Purchasing 101
Ah, October. What is not to like? The nice brisk autumn air, pumpkins everywhere and Halloween to give us a scare (yup, I’m also a poet!!). But this October we have yet another thing to look forward to. This October, Medicare will begin to reward hospitals that provide high quality care for their patients through […]
Cornerstones for an Effective Information Risk Management Program
What is the threat? Aside from competition and operating efficiency, securing customer data is the one of the key priorities facing Financial Services today. From the regulatory perspective, protecting the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of your customer is a must while continuing to secure their related account information! From the payments industry perspective, operating agreements […]
MU stage 1 is the cornerstone of a much larger change
In their WSJ article, Stephen Soumerai and Ross Koppel point out that physicians and hospitals have spent billions of dollars on costly healthcare information technologies and have not realized benefits of these expenses. While everything they are saying is mostly accurate, I believe they are missing the bigger picture. Meaningful Use stage one is not […]
Are you ready for the Mandated (ACA) Healthcare Operating Rules?
The 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its Section 1104 establishes a national healthcare operating rule mandate in support of the industry’s ongoing administrative simplification efforts. The first healthcare operating rule set, issued by CMS in July 2011, mandates the adoption of CAQH CORE Operating Rules for Eligibility and […]