Technologies such as mobile health, telehealth, and social portal solutions are making great waves in healthcare organizations around the world. Technology creates a reality where patients are no longer required to go to the doctor’s office to get important care. The future seems even more promising. Technology provides patients with: Socially-Enabled Patient Portals: A platform […]
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Healthcare’s Cost and Quality Conundrum: System Integration to the Rescue
Perficient has created this series, “Healthcare Analytics and Meaningful Use” to drive discussions around unlocking the true potential of EHRs with analytics. Stay tuned for this four-part series to be published throughout October and November. We welcome your comments and questions below. Healthcare decision makers are being called upon to reduce waste, improve operational processes, […]
Perficient Webinar! ACO = HIE + Analytics: Managing Population Health with Information Exchange and Analytics
With the release of the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) rule, healthcare providers must be able to identify, access and seamlessly share patient information to drive efficiencies and enjoy a potential share in ACO program incentives. Additionally, more than half of the 93 draft National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) ACO measures are also Meaningful Use […]
Perficient White Paper! 9 Key Business Drivers of HIE
A successful Enterprise HIE must be secure, accurate, dependable, appropriate and responsive to the need of the users of this clinical information to ensure that appropriate care is delivered. Enterprise HIE is driven by true healthcare needs. These key drivers include: Ensuring appropriate care is given at the correct time Promoting preventive medicine Avoiding inaccurate […]
Perficient Sole Recipient of IBM Information Management & Business Analytics Awards
It’s always a pleasure being nominated, but winning is even more fun, isn’t it? I’m happy to say that today Perficient was named the sole recipient of IBM’s 2011 Information Management Solution Excellence Award. We were also the sole recipient of IBM’s 2011 Business Analytics Solution Provider Achievement Award. That’s two times the fun! The […]
Data in Action: Applying Analytics to Healthcare
Perficient has created this series, “Healthcare Analytics and Meaningful Use” to drive discussions around unlocking the true potential of EHRs with analytics. Stay tuned for this four-part series to be published throughout October and November. We welcome your comments and questions below. Data in and of itself has no value. To add value data must […]
Connected Health Symposium 2011: Living in the Clouds
In the book As The Future Catches You, Juan Enriquez notes that “in a knowledge economy, you can work at your desk, in your home, in a hotel, or in a plane.” As a person that operates in just that manner, there are real concerns not about just the connectivity to accomplish that mode of […]
2011 Connected Health Symposium: Meeting Patients Half Way Reduces Costs
Here at the Connected Health Symposium the showroom floor is atwitter with conversations around patient engagement. Everyone is discussing ways to best engage patients and, not surprisingly, what the price tag of such ambitious efforts will amount to. I am confronted with enthusiastic smiles when I point to data that shows that engaging patients actually […]
Connected Health 2011: Sending Your Avatar to the Doctor Instead of You
The rapidly shifting role of patients within the care model has resulted in demand for easier access to healthcare professionals. Innovations in social media and collaborative technologies provide healthcare organizations with the ability to disperse information quickly and appeal to individuals who are seeking cost-effective healthcare services, especially in remote or rural communities. There are […]
New Perficient White Paper! Healthcare Data Meets Strategy
Health plans, patients, and employers are demanding greater accountability and demonstration of value for their healthcare dollar, and these demands will only intensify in the future. To be successful, healthcare organizations need to establish a culture of performance management; that is, an ongoing process by which organizations define their strategic direction and then deploy their […]
Five Strategies for Implementing Provider Healthcare Data Analytics
As we approach 2012, it is critically important to consider the implementation of Healthcare Analytics. This point could not have been made more clear to me than it was during a final “orals presentation” prep to a recent prospective healthcare system client. “Technology has finally been embraced (begrudged by some in Healthcare) by the Healthcare […]
Connected Health Symposium 2011 Trend Watch
The 2011 Connected Health Symposium is only days away. Our team will be in Boston for the October 20-21 event. This is an exciting time for patient engagement. We are witnessing a transformation in the role of the patient within the care model. This event promises to be a great opportunity to share innovative ideas […]