This special edition of Perficient’s monthly technology trends report will focus on news from financial brands speaking and sponsoring Money2020, top-of-mind emerging payment and financial services trends, and related industry news based on topics being discussed at Money2020 in just a few short days. Before you go, download Perficient’s Emerging Payments Toolkit and get all the payments tools and […]
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Why I Buy (almost) Everything from Amazon
There are a lot of things that I like about Amazon. Good pricing, wide selection, and ease of shopping. These qualities have been part of their ecosystem for a long time, but it was never enough to make me an Amazon loyalist like I am today. So, what changed? Amazon Prime. For an annual fee of […]
Social Meets Clinical Meets Research: Big Data in Medicine
I was intrigued immediately when I read that The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York hired the former data scientist for Facebook, Jeff Hammerbacher, to develop and refine their predictive analytics capabilities. It seems like a collision of the planets! Is it possible that this social media data scientist could break the code of […]
Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – September 2013
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 […]
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals 2013
On September 12, 2013 Gartner released their latest Magic Quadrant report for horizontal portals. Overall, the Magic Quadrant hasn’t changed much from last year with the vendors staying in the same quadrant as they were in 2012 (yawn…). You can see my blog post from 2012: Gartner Magic Quadrant: Horizontal Portals 2012. In the leader quadrant, […]
Join us Today – Fintech’s Best Share Insights on Payments!
Perficient is pleased to have Cherian Abraham (@cherian_abraham), Money2020 speaker and payments and mobile banking advisor at Experian, join us today as a panelist on our “Future of Payments” Hangout at 1:30 pm Central. As the Mobile Commerce and Payments Lead at Experian Global Consulting, Cherian Abraham serves Experian’s clients in Banking, Retail, Consumer Credit and Payments […]
The Crossroads of Healthcare Knowledge
The implementation of automated and time efficient methodologies in healthcare information processing can expedite and enhance streamlining of patient management and quality of care. While maintaining quality of care, an essential concept to address is defining the boundaries between efficiency in automation and maintaining a foundational understanding of core medical concepts. As technological advancements are […]
Making Mobile Medical Apps Just Got Easier
Earlier today, the FDA released its final guidance for developers of mobile medical applications. The FDA is focusing on regulating potentially harmful apps instead of policing applications that pose minimal risk to consumers. These more harmful apps include those which are using mobile technology to make a specific diagnosis and those which transform mobile devices […]
The Rise of Big Data and The Data Scientist
Terie McClintock, Director of Oracle Core at Perficient, recently wrote a blog on innovations in healthcare and how big data will reveal never before information about our patients, members and customers. Innovation can happen when we don’t expect it. Big data innovation is yet to be fully realized as more data crosses the internet in […]
A Low Cost Big Data Integration Option?
With all of the interest in big data in healthcare, it’s easy to get drawn in by the excitement and not realize that it’s not a silver bullet that’s going to address all your data and infrastructure problems. Unless you are able to understand and integrate your data, throwing all the data onto a platform […]
Google Decides to Take on Oil of Olay
Google is tackling anti-aging with their new healthcare initiative called Calico. It remains to be seen if it is a threat to anti-aging creams or will increase their potential customers. But seriously, Calico is being led by the former Genetech CEO and current Apple Chairman, Arthur D. Levinson and this new […]
Featured “Future of Payments” Panelist – Jim Marous
Perficient is pleased to have bank marketing thought leader and blogger, Jim Marous (@JimMarous), as a panelist in our upcoming “Future of Payments” Hangout. Jim is the author of Bank Marketing Strategy, a Readers’ and Editors’ Choice blog as voted on by Financial Brand readers. Jim is an industry leading direct marketing strategist and business developer at New […]