Customer Experience + Design

We all know how important it is to gather user feedback during the discovery and development phases of a project. Taking the time to determine business requirements seems to be a standard practice when planning large-scale development projects. What are the business goals? How much will it cost? What are the technical requirements? How long […]

In a few days, 40,000 healthcare leaders, enthusiasts and educators will land in Las Vegas for the annual HIMSS conference. The HIMSS conference this year will take place February 29-March 4 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center. As we do our best to prepare for the event I wanted to take sometime to get […]

The topic of migrating from one enterprise search platform to another has come up a few times in recent weeks because of the news discussed here. Migrations of any kind can be painful.  The new search platform will work differently, in unexpected ways, and it will take a while to fully understand those differences.  The new platform will have quirks […]

  We continue our #HIMSS16 Perspective blog series with an interview with Terie McClintock, MBA (@TerieMc), director, healthcare solutions at Perficient. Terie has more than 25 years of experience in information systems management directing the acquisition, deployment and maintenance of technology platforms and applications. Terie is a healthcare strategist and subject matter expert across multiple […]

When we take a look at the hot topics for #HIMSS16 it is no surprise that cost management is on the list. Healthcare organizations are continuing to understand the value of enterprise-wide transparency in order to lower the cost of care and improve the quality of care for the populations they serve. For that to […]

Today’s #HIMSS16 Perspective is from Martin Sizemore (@MartinSizemore). Martin is the Chief Data Officer (CDO) at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. The Chief Data Officer (CDO) is the visionary executive responsible for providing technical and strategic leadership for the enterprise Business Intelligence and Data Management program. The CDO chairs the enterprise Business […]

As we get closer to the HIMSS16 Conference & Exhibition (February 29 to March 4 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas), organizers are anticipating another record-breaking year for social media conversation around the annual event. #HIMSS15 was tweeted 88,990 times last year, and the digital chatter on the latest health IT […]

On Saturday February 20, 2016, 57 cities in 28 countries all over the globe celebrated an annual meeting of information architects, content strategists, user experience designers, developers and students. This year’s theme was “Information Everywhere, Architects Everywhere.” The thought is that information is pervasive and it is “architected” by people everywhere whether or not they […]

The IBM InterConnect 2016 energetic day 2 general session focused on IT transformation. The session discussed factors and real-life examples of how company’s culture and IT has and must transform. Some of the key messaging included data, security, APIs, cloud and application integration. Speakers included: Caleb Barlow, IBM VP WW Portfolio Marketing, IBM Security Harriet […]

Today we are going to get a perspective on #HIMSS16 from Melody Smith Jones, Manager, Connected Health at Perficient. Melody (@melsmithjones) leads Connected Health solutions for Perficient. She has more than 13 years of experience integrating technology solutions into marketing and loyalty strategies, and has specialized knowledge in the implementation of collaborative technologies, business intelligence, […]

Anticipating the hot topics at HIMSS can be a mind boggling experience. However, I can bet topics that revolve around the Triple Aim will be at the top of the list. Today, I sat down with Terie McClintock, MBA, Director, Healthcare Solutions, Perficient to talk about enterprise performance management and its importance in an ever-evolving […]

In my recent work with distributors and manufacturers, I’ve noticed many have a similar problem. They are responsible for supporting multiple dealer or branch websites, and are struggling to do so. These are hundreds of sites, which are managed at a corporate level and mainained by a branch or dealer. The size and complexity in managing these sites and […]