Healthcare

My colleague Stephanie Banks, Sr. Marketing Manager at Perficient recently wrote a blog post on our IBM blog announcing that Perficient had received a prestigious award from IBM. Perficient was recognized at IBM Insight and presented with the Worldwide Analytics Business Partner of the Year award. This award encompasses all solutions under IBM’s Analytics software […]

Value-based care and payment reform are prompting hospitals and healthcare providers to more closely manage population health. Hospitals and health systems rely on technology and data to outline the characteristics of their population and identify high-risk patients in order to manage chronic diseases and deliver enhanced preventative care. While managing data may seem like a […]

Clinical decision support (CDS) will be a big part of healthcare in the near future. While CDS systems are not mainstream, they are becoming more popular and health IT must be ready. When people think of CDS they often think of Screen pop-ups that provide alerts, notifications and suggestions to support safety and quality objectives […]

Charles Bailey, MD, PhD, Pediatric Oncologist and Assistant Professor, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia spoke today at the 3rd Annual Clinical Informatics Symposium presented by St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis. His presentation was focused on using the EHR as a building block for a learning health system. Through the power of […]

According to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, about 60 percent of individuals over 65 will require some type of long-term care services during their lifetime and over 40 percent will receive care in a nursing home for some period.1 Through the Medicare Care Choices Model, in conjunction with payment reform initiatives, (CMS)  there is […]

According to the Congressional Budget Office, five diagnostic groups, including diabetes, chronic heart disease, chronic pulmonary disease, cancer and obesity account for a disproportionate amount of US healthcare spending. This, along with predicted nursing shortages, requires healthcare providers to optimize patient engagement and management of patients outside the walls of the hospital or clinic. Communication […]

Healthcare CIO Series: Interviews with David Chou, CIO I am teaming up with CIO David Chou (@dchou1107), an executive with more than 13 years of experience in the healthcare industry to bring you a series of blog posts that provide a unique perspective on some of the healthcare industry’s biggest trends and challenges. David has […]

Molecular medicine is a broad field, where physical, chemical, biological and medical techniques are used to describe molecular structures and mechanisms, identify fundamental molecular and genetic errors of disease, and to develop molecular interventions to correct them. The molecular medicine perspective emphasizes cellular and molecular phenomena and interventions rather than the previous conceptual and observational […]

Cindy thought she had another Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). She remembered that when she suffered the same symptoms a year ago, she called the nurse triage service. She was treated over the phone, but it was embarrassing to talk about her symptoms at work and she had to wait a while for the nurse. Today […]

There are many ways to improve the health and longevity of humans, but one of the greatest transformations in public health could be in the form of an automobile. In a recent article in The Atlantic, researchers estimate that the driverless car could reduce traffic fatalities by up to 90 percent by the middle of […]

Healthcare CIO Series: Interviews with David Chou, CIO I am teaming up with CIO David Chou (@dchou1107), an executive with more than 13 years of experience in the healthcare industry to bring you a series of blog posts that provide a unique perspective on some of the healthcare industry’s biggest trends and challenges. David has […]

Recently, my colleague Heather Bowman, Marketing Manager, IBM Commerce and Digital Experience at Perficient published a blog post featuring Tienda Diabetes. Tienda Diabetes, a leading healthcare provider in Mexico has began using commerce to provide a more personalized healthcare approach for their patients with diabetes. Leveraging commerce, Tienda Diabetes will be able to provide patients […]