In an earlier blog post I wrote that Agile BI was much more than just applying agile SDLC processes to traditional BI systems. That is, Agile BI systems need to support business agility. To support business agility, BI systems should address three main attributes: Usable and Extensible – In a recent TDWI webinar on business […]
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Are you really listening to your patients?
If the pressure to obtain and implement Customer Relationship Management software by healthcare organizations is any indication, decision makers are recognizing the increasing importance of consumer knowledge in the race to improve patient satisfaction scores. Indeed, today, patient insights can lead healthcare organizations to their best opportunities for growth and restoration of profitability far more […]
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 […]
Top 5 Best Practices for an Actionable BI Strategy
In an earlier blog post, I pointed out a number of companies complete a BI Strategy but only to shelve it shortly after its completion. One main reason is that companies let their BI Strategy atrophy by not maintaining it; however, the other main cause of shelving a BI Strategy is that it was not […]
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 […]
“Future of Payments” Panelist – Deva Annamalai of Zions Bank
Perficient is excited to have Deva Annamalai (@bornonjuly4), Vice President, Marketing Technology and Insights Group Manager for Zions Bancorporation, join our upcoming “Future of Payments” Hangout. From his amusing Tweets to his leadership at Zions, Deva’s insights on data analytics and customer segmentation strategies will provide a viewers with a great perspective on marketing campaign execution and […]
The Coming “Big Data” Storm
As a technologist raised in Kansas as a child, I am used to examining the horizon for changes in the weather. We could watch the large thunderstorms build up during the heat of the day into 40,000 foot monsters full of hail and tornadoes. I was reading an Ars Technica article on how pervasive computing […]
Systems of Engagement are Key Enablers for Omnibanking
Omni-channel is probably one of the hottest buzzwords in the retail industry and we’re starting to see it spill over into other industries like financial services. Omni-channel opens up the doors for organizations to attract and satisfy customers by engaging with them on a whole new level as they become more tech savvy and engage […]
The Conceptual Data Model – Key to Integration
The importance of data integration, whether for analytics, mergers/acquisitions, outsourcing arrangements, third party interfaces, etc., is easy to understand but extremely difficult to realize. The technical aspect of data integration is the (relatively) easy part. The hardest part is bridging the semantic divide and agreeing on business rules – i.e., communication. The Conceptual Data Model […]
Chronic Disease Management through Disease Registries
Chronic diseases, those diseases lasting 3 months or more that cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication1, are placing an increasing burden on our healthcare system. Unfortunately, the United States has one of the highest rates of illness, disability and death due to chronic diseases, such as asthma, diabetes, coronary heart disease and […]
Informatica: Removing Duplicate Source Records
Duplicate records are occasionally found in source data. Due to primary key constraints on a target database, only one version of a duplicate source record should be loaded into the target. The following methods demonstrate some of the most efficient ways to deal with duplicate source data. 1. Aggregator Transformation When to use Any time […]
Key insights on source data for healthcare analytics & exchanges
Providers and payers need to exchange or source a lot of data, and the rate of this activity will only increase with implementation of Obamacare and other directives. Given the poor state of metadata management (which makes data sharing much more difficult), the decision to incorporate a new data set into an Enterprise Data Warehouse […]