Healthcare patients spend less than one percent of their life within the walls of a healthcare facility. Yet, more than 99 percent of their life that determines if they return to or maintain their health is spent outside of healthcare facilities. Forward thinking healthcare providers recognize this and realize that active, engaged patients are more […]
Posts Tagged ‘Business Intelligence’
Grey’s Anatomy, HealthIT is more useful that you portray.
Watching Grey’s Anatomy last night, I was once again struck by how they seem to be starting to weave in current healthcare issues and considerations. For a show that has never seemed to be aware of its surroundings, or the current climate (at least to me) in the past, its seemed a little jarring. It […]
Using DTUTIL to Migrate SSIS Packages
I often use the SQL Server (MSDB) Database to store and execute SSIS packages. However, I found it cumbersome to migrate multiple packages back and forth from network locations to the MSDB or from the various environments (DEV, QA, PROD). So, I created a simple script to generate the dtutil commands necessary to quickly migrate […]
Perficient’s Big Data Stack – Infrastructure Tier
In a previous blog posting, I introduced Perficient’s Big Data Stack in order to provide a framework for a Big Data architecture and environment. This article is the second in a series of articles (click here for the first article on the Application tier) focusing on a component of the Big Data Stack. The stack […]
Why are BI projects so difficult to implement? part 2
In a previous post (here) I posed the question regarding the difficulty we experience when implementing a BI project, and promised to address mitigating the pain that our project teams and clients typically experience. But before we can do that, we need to explore where the pain and difficulty comes from. Difficulties: – Unfamiliar technologies, […]
Insights from Unstructured Data in Healthcare
In healthcare, the current trend resulting from regulatory influences (Accountable Care) is taking the “data driven decision” from the patient level and service level for quality and operational efficiency to the population health and community level. Oracle’s Enterprise Health Analytics and Health Information Exchange are key enablers to help meet these objectives. Potentially useful information […]
Webinar: Creating a ‘Customer 360’ with Master Data Mgmt.
Technology has challenged the financial services industry and will continue to play a vital role in supporting business growth and change. With change comes new challenges for financial institutions. Mobile, social and analytics strategies give the promise of improved customer service, reduced costs, effective marketing and banking innovation. However, these strategies require a trusted view of their data – something […]
Agile Microsoft BI: Enabling a Healthy Feedback Cycle
I recently worked with a client who brought on the Perficient BI team to do some very interesting data warehousing work. This client has had a data warehouse for many years, however their current solution is difficult to maintain and use. Frustrated with long cycle times for additional features and report requests, this client opted […]
Data Discovery – Part 2 – Use Cases
Second in the 3 part series. The first post covered a brief overview of search technology and the need for data discovery. This article covers some use cases and problems that DD would help solve. Data Discovery would be a useful in. Data discovery would be useful whenever an analyst wants to perform adhoc analysis without […]
Why are BI projects so difficult to implement?
I’m not really asking the question, I’m setting the stage for a topic that has been on my mind recently. For background, I grew up through the data architecture ranks so the problems I see our project teams experiencing seem natural to me (if not basic). In my mind it’s always been this difficult, but […]
Diagnostics Markers in Information Systems to Enhance Quality
Provider and payer organizations will be in a position to utilize their information systems in comprehensive organizational health, ranging from patient management to revenue cycling, but will also be able to delineate diagnostics markers to bridge population health with healthcare delivery systems. The most apparent ramification of this is the cross over between actual claims […]
New Perficient Perspectives: Big Data in Healthcare
Perficient Perspectives is a series of informal Q&A sessions with our subject matter experts on hot technology topics and industry issues. In the newly published perspective “Big Data in Healthcare,” Perficient Healthcare industry experts Pete Stiglich and Hari Rajagopal offer their thought leadership and expertise on the impact Big Data has on the healthcare industry. […]