Posts Tagged ‘healthcare IT’

  Black Book Research recently recognized Perficient for the highest client satisfaction in Connected Health Solutions and Health Systems Integration. Perficient’s nationally recognized health sciences practice provides industry thought leadership, strategic consulting, and pragmatic technology solutions that help healthcare organizations transform and evolve with today’s consumer demands. Our integrated and innovative solutions help healthcare organizations […]

Telehealth continues to change how physicians work together with their patients. Organizations are already expanding existing telehealth agendas while investing in telehealth technology. In the workplace, employers are constantly looking for effective ways to reduce healthcare costs, all while continuing to offer services and benefits to their employees. Telemedicine can potentially help this process in […]

Imagine a spreadsheet has been replicated thousands of times across a vast network of computers. Now, imagine that these computers, within the network, regularly update this spreadsheet. This is the most basic form of understanding a blockchain. Blockchain is the underlying technology in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Information contained and stored within a blockchain will […]

The HIMSS 2018 conference recently wrapped up and as usual, it was educational, informative and exhaustive. Around meetings and other obligations at HIMSS 2018, I walked the exhibit hall to catch up on the general state of the health IT market. The traditional health IT vendors enhanced their existing products and, in many cases, expanded […]

#HIMSS18 brought together 45,000+ professionals from around the world for five days of education, innovation and collaboration to help uncover the promise of health information and technology. After arriving on site, I witnessed thousands of healthcare professionals approaching the convention center and slowly trickling into the vendor hall. The convention hall featured 1,300+ companies and […]

Healthcare breakthroughs are happening on a daily occurrence in 2018. Dominant companies of business are developing new and advanced strategies for optimal patient care and diagnosis. Google has stepped into the light and released a new eye artificial intelligence algorithm, in the early stages of development, which can detect patient health problems. The new state […]

Amazon came forward and announced it would begin to seek new ways to address and possibly reduce rising health care costs for its own employees. The initiatives are all part of a bigger strategy to improve the shopping experience for businesses and consumers. Amazon’s strategy is in the beginning stages of the process but is […]

It’s time for the #HIMSS18 Annual Conference & Exhibition in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada at the Sands Expo and Convention Center March 5-9. The annual conference is the leading healthcare information extravaganza bringing together 40,000+ health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world. However, if you are unable to attend the conference […]

In one of my previous blog posts, I discussed using the Cynefin framework for providing guidance in determining the type of healthcare project you will be managing and the best SDLC methodology to use for that project. The Cynefin framework defines four types of projects: Simple Complicated Complex Chaotic Chaotic projects are the rare project, […]

Healthcare organizations have been implementing the IBM UDMH (Unified Data Model for Healthcare) for the last seven years because they realize that connecting critical data helps gain insight into improving care, controlling risk, managing population health and providing accurate reporting both internally and externally. To reap these benefits, there is a critical need to plan […]

Innovation in healthcare has become a trending topic in today’s world, with payers, providers, and patients expecting the same level of ease and access from their healthcare systems as they’ve come to expect across other essential services. With the technology driving efficiency in nearly every other aspect of our day-to-day lives, it is long overdue […]

2018 is shaping up to be an unusually challenging year for healthcare providers. On top of the typical revenue cycle management and payer reimbursement concerns providers deal with every year, there is ongoing regulatory and political uncertainty which could adversely impact revenue. Meeting these challenges is a difficult balancing act. Internally, there is ever greater […]