Customer Experience + Design

Someone at Google Android must be reading my blog.  Seriously though, Google just announced a website focused on aiding developers in the creation of smartphone applications for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).  The website will focus on features, design suggestions and approaches to different issues in Android  application development. This website will augment the current […]

Let’s face it tablets and smart phones have increased productivity levels of employed professionals. However, many physicians have not experienced these benefits, because their systems limit access to pertinent medical information to solely work computers. For the most part, healthcare providers have been unable to review lab or medical image results from anywhere but their […]

Join us Thursday, January 26, 2012, at 12:00 p.m. CT for the Perficient Webinar “How to Protect Patient Data in an Increasingly Social Healthcare Industry.” Register now! The role of the patient within the healthcare industry is evolving. The growth in more collaborative healthcare models is being driven by a massive and growing group of […]

Welcome to 2012, a new year of projects and a good time to discuss the topic of requirements. With the advent of any project, there are foundational constraints a project is assembled to communicate an end purpose. Healthcare organizations are finding themselves swamped with IT projects these days. Many are grabbling with EHR, ICD-10, Business […]

I recently had the chance to get my feet wet with responsive web design for one of our clients. Yes, it’s the flavor of the week in terms of design and development trends, but we didn’t choose it just to be trendy. We chose responsive web design as the solution because it was a good […]

…Real-time analytics, that is. One of the challenges in healthcare today is the lag in time for the acquisition, storage, analysis and delivery of data back to the physician or other healthcare provider for decision-making. The majority of transactional information about a patient that is produced on reports or presented in terms of business intelligence […]

The number of devices, platforms, and browsers that support web content are growing daily. This presents challenges for both engineers and designers when trying to create a usable website. One approach for accommodating these challenges is responsive web design: that is, a fluid design that adapts to any device, regardless of screen size. The main […]

It is no surprise that many healthcare organizations have not yet begun planning for the highly anticipated ICD-10 transition. Many believe that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) will postpone the October 1, 2013, deadline, allowing for some wiggle room in implementation. Unfortunately the likelihood of that happening is slim to none. To date, […]

Compared to other nations, the United States has difficulty measuring up to some key areas related to health care quality. In terms of life expectancy, Docteur and Berenson (2009) contend that the United States has one of the lowest life expectancy rates and the highest mortality rate from conditions that could have been prevented. These […]

Michael Porter is a Principal at Perficient for Portal, Social, and Collaboration solutions. He leverages 13 years of experience with portal and content management projects to help clients understand and take advantage of the value provided by web technologies. He has supported many multi-million dollar portal implementations for some of the world’s largest companies. Michael […]

The healthcare industry is ecstatic about the opportunity to apply business intelligence (BI) to improve healthcare quality, cost and outcomes. Providers are using BI to address process issues that limit operational efficiencies. BI is “the solution” to successfully overcoming short-comings and creating provider bottom-line benefits, patient time and efficiency benefits and overall social equity. IBM […]

Michael Porter is a Principal at Perficient for Portal, Social, and Collaboration solutions. He leverages 13 years of experience with portal and content management projects to help clients understand and take advantage of the value provided by web technologies. He has supported many multi-million dollar portal implementations for some of the world’s largest companies. Michael […]