Posts Tagged ‘healthcare IT’

Providers are increasing their reliance on cloud technology to better address organizational hiccups and bottlenecks. Why? Because cloud technology allows resources to be accessed on demand, which results in a more effective and efficient work force, stronger operations and better customer care. It is a low-cost option that blows the competition out of the water. […]

In my February blog, I wrote about basic BI categories so we could assess our BI environment. If you recall our BI categories were as follows: Type I – Reporting and Query tool sets Type II – Analytic tool sets Type III – Predictive Modeling tool sets Now, we can gather some facts to measure […]

Perficient was recently recognized as a Computerworld Honors Laureate recipient for work done with the Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Tx. Texas Children’s, an internationally recognized pediatric hospital, is utilizing business intelligence technology to understand outcomes. At Texas Children’s, the heart center team were creating over 450 spreadsheets in order to assist in the management […]

Cindy O’Neill from Microsoft interviewed Perficient’s Martin Sizemore at HIMSS 2012 on accountable care, meaningful use, mobility, social media, cloud, portals and business intelligence solutions.

I have seen Business and System Analysts (SAs) get involved in various ways throughout the SDLC process. On one hand, Systems Analysts join forces with Business Analysts to gather business requirements and are required to approve the business requirements specification (BRS). The two work as a team with the business to understand the process, develop […]

Several of the organizations that represent some of the many stakeholders in the healthcare delivery system have turned up the volume against ICD-10, yet again. Some of the arguments against it are that there’s too much of a burden due to compliance work already being done on other directives and some have also exclaimed that […]

My neighbor, a physician, installed an EMR this year to qualify for Meaningful Use. He has given up the clipboard in favor of a laptop to expedite data entry into this EMR. He has also give up looking his patient’s in the eye while doing rounds. Instead, he’s heads down, keying data into the laptop […]

Currently, information systems process a range of healthcare data, inclusive of diagnostic, procedural, public health and research, which are streamlined for efficient processing and storage of data. However, the dynamic evolution of healthcare prevention, treatment and standardization is now merging various key objectives into a conglomerate of healthcare delivery. Chronic and acute clinical practices are […]

The Stage 2 Meaningful Use objectives defined in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act may be the best first step toward more robust healthcare provider analytics and reporting. However, the beauty of these tools is not limited to meeting regulatory mandates alone. These data analysis and reporting requirements can usher […]

This is a very important step in the implementation of EDI. This step informs several of your other decisions; hardware, additional software, staffing, etc. Your previously identified data needs will also help to determine your software package. When shopping for your EDI software package, make a check list of your requirements. Here are a few […]

Michael Planchart, my colleague, posted a blog a few days ago about the Fed’s decision to delay the ICD-10 implementation deadline. He makes some great points and I don’t completely disagree with his view that the delay will have negative impacts. Michael asks, “Could someone please explain to me why we should halt any national […]

The point of healthcare technology is to close the gap between quality, cost and access. As we have said before, EMRs don’t close the gap, but they are a very necessary piece to closing the gap. However, a gap still exists between the information in an EMR and the information a clinician needs in the […]