By Lesli Adams, MPA Director, Oracle Healthcare Business Intelligence The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) published the results of a study that showed the overwhelming impact on diabetic care when the patients are seen consistently by their regular doctor. When seen by their regular doctor, […]
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Perficient & Oracle Talking PCM Strategy for Healthcare Providers
We’re gearing up for our upcoming webinar “A Profitability and Cost Management Strategy for Healthcare Providers” co-hosted by our own Tony Coffman, Director Oracle EPM and William Bercik, Director of Healthcare at Oracle for the Provider industry, on Wednesday, March 27, at 11 a.m. CDT. The webinar will highlight and discuss how leveraging advanced analytics to manage population health, develop risk […]
This Is the Age of the Data Analyst
The rumors of the demise of data analysts have been great exaggerated. It seems that the latest trend in BI is talking about how now because tools are so powerful that there’s no longer a need for data analysts. And certainly while vendors have done a good job of driving down total cost of ownership […]
Using Hyperion Planning’s Export & Import Security Utilities
Hyperion Planning comes pre-packaged with two Utilities that are quite beneficial when the following situations arise: You are creating security for Planning objects in a new application Large quantities of security changes need to be made to an existing application You need a quick way to view security settings for all objects in your Planning […]
OBIEE 11.1.1.6.9 bundle patch released
Just found that Oracle has released the bundle patch (11.1.1.6.9) for OBIEE. The details of the patch are posted on the Oracle blog and the details are below: Bundled Patch Details (1 of 7) Oracle Business Intelligence Installer. Tracking Bug 16287811 (2 of 7) Oracle Real Time Decisions. Tracking Bug 16287778 (3 of 7) Oracle Business […]
Modeling Microsoft Excel source in OBIEE 11g
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) supports many types of file sources as the data source. Some of the compatible file sources with OBIEE are: 1. Microsoft Excel workbooks. 2. Microsoft Access databases. 3. Delimited text files (.csv and .txt). 4. XML data sources. We will be discussing Excel data source in more detail in […]
Healthcare Clinical and Financial Viability vs. ACO Management
The main factors of evaluation in the sustainability, efficiency, and quality of healthcare delivery systems are clinical management of the patient population in parallel to financial balance and modeling. In more intricate detail, the healthcare industry can examine clinical management in segmentation of acute and chronic care, accuracy in diagnosis, and appropriate time administration of […]
Jim Bindon speaks about patient portals at HIMSS13
Jim Bindon is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of all of Avnet’s vertical industries, which includes Healthcare, Government, Finance, Retail, and Energy. His career in healthcare began over 30 years ago as a Director of Radiology followed by 17 years working for the Health Sciences Division of Eastman Kodak. Jim recently spoke to […]
Healthcare Cost Crises – The Solution is Not Simple
One of the premier topics when discussing healthcare costs is the enormous burden of cost and the related percentage of GDP consumed by the management and treatment of patients. Unfortunately, the complexities of an underlying solution are not limited to a pre-defined methodology that will improve outcomes while diminishing inefficiencies. Rather, the underlying solution is […]
Service Line Costing in Healthcare
To stay competitive in today’s environment, healthcare organizations need to streamline inefficient processes and understand the types and amount of resources they need to deliver care across the enterprise. This can only be achieved through cost transparency. Most healthcare entities still use spreadsheets for costing and primitive costing methods that date back to an assembly […]
Driving patient experiences via Portals & Web Content
Historically, patient engagement has been dangerously low. However, with the rise in healthcare consumerism, along with Meaningful Use and Accountable Care, it begins to really matter what happens to patients when they are not in the clinical setting. Providers recognize that patients spend well under 1% of their life at healthcare facilities. Yet, it is […]
Frequent Flyers and Savvy Patients?
I was standing in line at the airport a few days ago and it occurred to me after the gate agent referred the standby passengers to their smartphones to see their seat assignments how much technology has changed the airline boarding process. I recalled the days of being frantically taken down the jet way while […]