Even the most motivated patients do not always know how to better their health. The journey through personal health can be one wrought with anxiety and intimidation. The messaging is not always clear, and the direction provided by clinicians is not always easily understood. So, in a healthcare industry that is welcoming patients into the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Collaboration’
Bridge the Gap between SharePoint and EMC Documentum
Microsoft’s SharePoint has become the de facto collaboration solution leveraged by most companies today. In fact Gartner states that 60% of companies are using SharePoint. With its user-friendly interface and growing features SharePoint has grown into strong player in the ECM space, however in certain areas customers still need the power of a traditional ECM platform that […]
Collecting Data from the Every Day Lives of Patients
At the Connected Health Symposium last week I attended a session entitled “Listening in the Moment: Project HealthDesign Opens the Window on the Every-day Lives of Patients” by leading healthcare informaticist Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD (@pattifbrennan). She presented information collected by Project HealthDesign with regard to the unstructured data patients collect about their health. […]
Perficient Gold Sponsor of IBM Information On-Demand Conference 2012
IBM’s IOD conference has become one of those annual traditions that marks a milestone in the year for our IBM partnership. Maybe it’s because of the time of year or just the amount of effort that goes into the conference by both Perficient and IBM, but each year we’re reminded introspectively of just how much […]
Gartner Magic Quadrant: Horizontal Portals 2012
Gartner has recently published the 2012 version of their Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals. So far, I haven’t found the Gartner report on their reprint site and none of the vendors have provided links to it yet. Here is the link to the report on Gartner’s site, but you’ll have to be a Gartner subscriber […]
Health Exchanges Need More Emphasis
No one likes to be sick, but it is encouraging that so much information is at our fingertips to help understand our ailments and more importantly how we can prevent becoming ill in the first place. The Internet is not enough though… Last fall, I experienced a circumstance related to the care of my elderly […]
How Premier healthcare alliance is building social business, transforming healthcare
Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 1:00 – 2:00PM CT REGISTER Join Perficient and Premier Healthcare and hear how Premier is integrating business processes with social and analytical tools from IBM to create a competitive advantage and pioneer a better way of providing care. Learn how to leverage IBM Social […]
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management 2012
Gartner recently issued their 2012 version of the Web Content Management Magic Quadrant. This year’s version looks similar to last year’s version with Oracle, SDL, SiteCore, Adobe, HP (Autonomy), Extron, and OpenText all making the Leaders quadrant. IBM and Microsoft are in the Challengers quadrant once again. You can see the entire report on Gartner’s […]
Imagine a world where I participate in my own care …
Have you ever wanted to see what the Radiologist said about your MRI along with the image itself? I am a very analytic person and I always ask for “evidence” because I want to see the “slight tear” before I make a decision on whether I need surgery or not. I believe that data is important to my attitude […]
White Paper: 10 Best Practices for SharePoint Collaboration
Lately, it seems that collaboration and SharePoint are almost synonymous. Sure, the platform is leveraged for many different purposes – from intranets and extranets to workflow and business intelligence, even public-facing websites. Technicalities aside, regardless of the use, it all boils down to the same thing – collaborating with others, and in turn, working more […]
IBM Connections 4
On September 4, IBM formally announced the next version of their social software platform Connections. Connections 4 adds a host of new features in all the areas of the product, including: Home Page has a new user interface with simplified navigation Communities includes new events widgets and recent update views Recommendations are more relevant by […]
The Brave New World of Consumer Engagement in a Post Reform Insurance Market
A year ago I wrote a blog post entitled, “Strengthening Consumer Experience in a Post-Reform Insurance Market“, which presented research from a Forrester report that showed the health insurance industry faces a great deal of discontent from consumers. In fact, of the 13 industries tracked by Forrester in that report, health plans rank dead last […]