Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’

Last week, Perficient presented a webinar on using SharePoint as a platform in a highly regulated environment. Tony Egl, consulting services director and Jason Bell, consulting services senior technical director—both at Perficient—presented a case study that leverages SharePoint 2010 to bring clinical processes out of a paper environment and into an electronic, auditable environment. This provided the client the ability […]

I know a man who was instructed to fast before a procedure. He arrived at the surgery center the morning of his procedure. During his prep, they asked if he had anything to eat or drink. He said “I only had coffee this morning.” His doctor informed him they could not do the surgery today […]

The IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender (WTX) is a universal transformation engine that can validate and transform any data, work directly in any architecture, and can be used for transformations across the enterprise. WTX supports specific industry packs such as healthcare services, which provide capabilities to perform following: Transform, validate, and enrich any data Deliver trustworthy […]

So I started a series on whether you should take a look at vertical portal solutions for your industry or whether you should just go with a horizontal portal vendor.   Today I want to take a look at the user interface.  In many ways, the UI provides some of the highest value to end users […]

  In a number of industries, companies have built custom built web sites or portals.  I’ve seen it in healthcare and in government for example.  While I cannot claim to be a complete expert on every single vertical portal out there.  I’ve seen enough to get a broad general outline.   These types of portals can […]

IBM has long had a Solutions Catalog or application store, which includes portlets and other code for their products.   Some solutions are free from IBM and others, while some solutions you have to purchase.  You can look at the Solutions Catalog here. In addition to the Solutions Catalog, IBM is now offering what they […]

With all the benefits and buzz around the cloud, is cloud HIPAA-ready? Can the healthcare industry use the benefits of Cloud without sacrificing privacy on protected Health Information (PHI)? According to the HIPAA rule: It provides federal protections for personal health information held by covered entities and gives patients an array of rights with respect […]

In Part II of this blog series on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), I will explore the following statement: “Adults with pre-existing conditions became eligible to join a temporary high-risk pool, which will be superseded by the healthcare exchange in 2014.To qualify for coverage, applicants must have a pre-existing health condition and […]

A recent article in the WSJ displayed how improving the health of patients is tied to being able to see the big picture. It just so happens that to improve the health of an organization, there is also a need to see the big picture, which requires having access to data. Research has shown that […]

Forrester recently released a study on the Total Economic Impact of IBM’s Exceptional Web Experience solutions.  You can obtain a copy of the full report here after you register.  The study was commissioned by IBM and they did have some input into the study, but the analysis was completed by Forrester. In the study, Forrester […]

Forrester recently released a study on the Total Economic Impact of IBM’s Exceptional Web Experience solutions.  You can obtain a copy of the full report here after you register.  The study was commissioned by IBM and they did have some input into the study, but the analysis was completed by Forrester. In the study, Forrester […]

Research suggests that an effective healthcare model focusing solely on evidence-based medicine or preventative does not impact cost and quality as well as programs that merge evidence-based medicine with a healthcare program that encourages preventative care and evidence-based medicine (Cohen, Neumann & Weinstein, 2008). As a result, organizations that are focused on containing costs and […]