Posts Tagged ‘healthit’

There are numerous moving parts functioning during the building and answering of business requirements. A major tool in the checks and balances of requirements is “The Approval.” The approval sheet is a section in a requirements document but serves a more lengthy purpose than just one document. Approvals occur numerous times throughout the document between […]

In an article about patient portals, the writer comments, “To be honest, I’m not a big fan of calling people and talking on the phone.” I think this sentence defines the future of healthcare technology and practice. Healthcare is a highly interactive process. Social media, the internet, and the on-demand society have redefined most of […]

Sometimes an idea seems too simple to work in order to solve a complex problem. That was my reaction when I first read about the Direct Project. I am one of those people that really hates filling out the clipboard in the doctor’s office because I can’t remember when I had my gall bladder out. […]

This week I am at Oracle Open World discussing ePatients and Connected Health. I’ve been involved in many discussions about this growing movement of ePatients in healthcare. The changing market and patient dynamics have been a key discussion point. We have an industry in the state of transition. It once was the case where we […]

I have to admit it: I’m a sucker for infographics. They’re a great way to display what would normally be an overload of key facts and data in a concise, easy to digest manner. I’ve come across many related to healthcare IT covering many topics, from social media use to the currently trending topic of […]

This week Perficient Healthcare will be heading to Oracle Open World in San Francisco. If you’re in town for the event, then please feel free to stop by to geek out with the Perficient crew on the latest in Health IT. What will we be talking about? Accountable Care = HIE + Analytics In order […]

I’ve been working on some projects lately where I am giving advice to health plans attempting to take advantage of market forces and grow their member loyalty strategies in kind. It’s not only my job to know our own target market (them) but also to be intimately familiar with their target market (you) as well. […]

Health Information Exchange (HIE) is “the development of secure health information exchange between healthcare providers…in order to improve the continuity and quality of care for patients.”[1] According to a recent research study, 71 percent of U.S. hospitals intend to purchase a HIE solution, with 25% intending to purchase it within a 7-to-12 month period.[2] States […]

In their WSJ article, Stephen Soumerai and Ross Koppel point out that physicians and hospitals have spent billions of dollars on costly healthcare information technologies and have not realized benefits of these expenses. While everything they are saying is mostly accurate, I believe they are missing the bigger picture. Meaningful Use stage one is not […]

The 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its Section 1104 establishes a national healthcare operating rule mandate in support of the industry’s ongoing administrative simplification efforts. The first healthcare operating rule set, issued by CMS in July 2011, mandates the adoption of CAQH CORE Operating Rules for Eligibility and […]

In my last blog posting, I talked about the Subject Area Data Stewardship Subcommittee and how it is the forum for collaboration and stewardship over a specific data subject area or domain. In this article, I will describe three key roles involved in Data Governance and Stewardship organizations which are critical for setting and maintaining […]

The emergence of bridging the capacities of quality and performance of healthcare delivery systems with the financial health of organizations elicits discussion focusing on core areas and concepts for both stability and change. Furthermore, we can address these issues to develop a tiered paradigm of diagnosis, treatment, billing, and reimbursement. Although these are representative of […]