Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’

CHALLENGES CREATING SEAMLESS MEMBER JOURNEYS As focus on digital continues to grow, organizations across industry must provide an omni-channel experience to remain competitive. For healthcare, an omni-channel experience also requires an agile response to patient and member needs in real-time. With the proliferation of the Internet of Things, it has become easier to use smart phones, smart watches, […]

CHALLENGES ENGAGING DIGITALLY According to a Commonwealth Fund study, the average patient in the United States only visits the doctor four times a year. This limited frequency makes it critical for both healthcare provider organizations and health plans to engage with patients outside the traditional care setting in order to help them maintain their health and wellness. Digital technologies […]

In the United States alone, experts estimate that the physician shortage will reach 130,000 by 2018. Worldwide, 1.3 billion people do not currently have sufficient access to healthcare services. But the advancement of telehealth technology is breaking down barriers around the world, and can reduce rising medical costs as a result. Microsoft’s Skype for Business […]

Here at Perficient we do extensive work with clients around the healthcare sector, from implementing cloud solutions to improving business process management. It’s expected as hospitals begin to handle an aging population that demands greater access to care and information. You can even read some of the guides that my colleague Kate Tuttle has written […]

Medical technology management is just as complicated as the medical care that doctors provide, consisting of numerous ins and outs. As hospitals continue to innovate on how they care for patients, they also run into roadblocks preventing them from transitioning from the past and into the future. This challenge was specific to a leading nationwide […]

With summer right around the corner, many of us will find ourselves staying active outside deep into the summer evening. Whether we are swimming in a lake we’ve frequented since childhood or hitting baseballs at the park, the risk of injury is always something to make note of. For hospitals who must deal with those […]

The healthcare industry has been in a constant state of change the last several years, from new laws and regulations to technologies and medicine. To top it off, patient behavior has drastically changed. According to a Commonwealth Fund study, the average American visits the doctor only four times per year and that number is declining. […]

Now that June is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in May – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. Gartner’s List Of 5 Cool Vendors […]

We thought it might be helpful for you if we pulled together all of Perficient’s resources to-date related to digital transformation. Happy discovering! Digital Transformation “Boot Camp” Digital Transformation: Part One: Laying the Groundwork for Success Digital Transformation: Part Two: How the Customer Experience Drives Digital Transformation Digital Transformation: Part Three: Building a Mobile Foundation […]

My colleague, Terie McClintock, Director Healthcare Industry Solutions at Perficient recently wrote a blog post called Empowering Patients with Mainstream Telehealth Solutions. In her post she talked about the differences between telemedicine and telehealth and how she believes telehealth solutions will continue to become more mainstream, especially in light of the fact that the Centers for […]

Over the past several weeks, I’ve published a series of posts that focus on segments of an article published by McKinsey & Company called “How pharma can win in a digital world.” (See the bottom of this post for links to the previous posts.) At the end of the McKinsey article, the authors describe “three […]

I recently wrote a blog post called The Value of Care: The Secret Sauce in which I talked about the importance of having transparency of data. Costing is an evolutionary process perhaps starting with one type of procedure, one clinic or one service line or perhaps starting with a hybrid of costing methodology.   The great […]