Healthcare

The Automate Everything series was written by Rebekah Williamson and Taylon Hammons In a work-from-home world, companies are moving toward paperless operations. The process of printing forms, delivering them to clients, and scanning them back in is a thing of the past. Save paper, time, and money by shifting to an all-digital approach. By leveraging Microsoft’s Power […]

Working in a global digital consultancy, our colleagues thrive on our challenging, fast-paced projects. And over the past twelve weeks, the students in Perficient’s Bright Paths program surely know a thing or two about fast-paced project execution! Within mere weeks, 22 women are in the final stages of completing a Perficient-sponsored coding bootcamp in Detroit; […]

Background of Diabetic Market in the US According to a 2020 Center for Disease Control (“CDC”), the United States has approximately 34 million people with diabetes. Of these, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) estimates that 7% are Type 1, meaning their body produces no insulin, and cannot survive without does of insulin. Of the […]

This is the fourth and final installment in a series on how cloud is shaping healthcare. To learn more, read the first, second, and third installments. Using the latest technologies, retailers have integrated artificial intelligence (AI) into their online experiences. They’re going beyond the “click to buy” and allowing customers the ability to interact with […]

This is the third installment in a series on how the cloud is shaping healthcare. To learn more, read the first and the second installments. One of the biggest challenges facing the healthcare industry is the need to reduce operational spend while increasing revenue, improving the quality of care, and meeting industry standards. This is […]

This is the second installment in a series on how cloud is shaping healthcare. To read the first installment, click here. It’s predicted that by 2040, the healthcare industry will be valued at $25 trillion, growing by triple digits every five years. The US market alone represents $3.5 trillion of that amount. This growth means […]

Healthcare payers and provider groups across the country are challenged with high costs and long provider onboarding durations due to a lack of integrated automated processes. Organizations often rely on multiple systems and manual processes to onboard and manage providers, resulting in high Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) fines due to poor data […]

This is the first part of a series on how the cloud is shaping healthcare. With Google Cloud Platform (GCP), our experts can help you modernize your healthcare organizations to benefit patients, payers, and providers. Today’s healthcare organizations are grappling with mountains of data, increasing regulations, and escalating customer expectations. To add to these, healthcare […]

HEALTHCARE TREND: With more healthcare data available, artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies will provide greater speed and insights to analyze and predict outcomes that drive change in patient and member care. The COVID-19 pandemic is driving increased focus on healthcare consumerism as patients are taking their medical care and the associated costs into their […]

The patient is at the center of the 21st Century Cures Act. The interoperability provisions grant patients more power over their care and access to key information. Interoperability, a popular term in the healthcare industry, is the ability to exchange electronic health information seamlessly and securely without significant effort from the user. It allows for […]

People wanting to be and feel healthy isn’t anything new, but with all that’s happened over the last year with COVID-19, consumers have an increased focus on health and wellness. A recent survey estimates the global wellness market at more than $1.5 trillion with an annual growth of 5-10%. Quite the healthy outlook if you […]

On Jan. 1, 2021, new guidelines from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services went into effect requiring hospitals that operate in the United States to provide “clear, accessible pricing information” online for the services they provide. Hospitals have a choice in how they provide this information, and the experience varies widely from hospital to […]