As a technologist raised in Kansas as a child, I am used to examining the horizon for changes in the weather. We could watch the large thunderstorms build up during the heat of the day into 40,000 foot monsters full of hail and tornadoes. I was reading an Ars Technica article on how pervasive computing […]
Posts Tagged ‘healthit’
Predictive Analytics – Healthcare’s Crystal Ball
Given the constant quality, financial, and legislative pressures healthcare organizations are facing, the million dollar question remains, how do we get the right care to the right patient at the right time? Many healthcare organizations have turned to business intelligence (BI) as a way to bring information from desperate systems together, in a more efficient […]
Quantitative Self Movement: Not Just for Healthcare Professionals
Being in a position where I work in both healthcare and marketing, I love seeing these two worlds come together. Last week I read the article, “Why Marketers Should Care About The Quantified Self,” which touches on a topic that is of personal and professional interest to me. As the article explains, the quantified self […]
Digitizing High-Touch Healthcare
I am seeing an interesting trend in the form of high touch digital healthcare as of late. Many may think that “high touch” and “digital” cannot exist in the same concept, but oh they can. We are actually beginning to see that in some cases patients prefer high touch digital to face-to-face care. High touch […]
Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – August 2013
The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]
Is Cloud Computing the Answer for Healthcare?
It is a much talked about fact that the healthcare industry lags behind other industries in IT adoption. With constantly changing regulations, security concerns, and the pressure to deliver better care at a lower cost, healthcare providers have not implemented the latest technologies to leverage their data. One solution to these issues is cloud computing. […]
5 ways OBI + BPM + Member Portal = Success
What kind of equation is that? I can understand Member Portal, but OBI? BPM? Well, OBI stands for operational business intelligence. OBI is real-time, dynamic use of analytics that enables a service component to decide, based upon the information available, how to proceed in engaging with a stakeholder. BPM, or business process management, refers to […]
The Conceptual Data Model – Key to Integration
The importance of data integration, whether for analytics, mergers/acquisitions, outsourcing arrangements, third party interfaces, etc., is easy to understand but extremely difficult to realize. The technical aspect of data integration is the (relatively) easy part. The hardest part is bridging the semantic divide and agreeing on business rules – i.e., communication. The Conceptual Data Model […]
Reconciling the Information Gap Between Upgrade vs Implementation
The rapid progression of the healthcare industry to update existing regulations while introducing technological innovations in the enhancement of healthcare delivery systems is dependent on the efficient translation of current organizational configurations to patient management based on newly defined regulations. The current configurations may or may not have adequate systems for thorough integration of regulation […]
Chronic Disease Management through Disease Registries
Chronic diseases, those diseases lasting 3 months or more that cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication1, are placing an increasing burden on our healthcare system. Unfortunately, the United States has one of the highest rates of illness, disability and death due to chronic diseases, such as asthma, diabetes, coronary heart disease and […]
It is time for Interoperability to catch fire! (FHIR(R) that is)
One of my healthcare consulting friends once said that interoperability was difficult because healthcare was interactional, not transactional. The interactive nature of the healthcare organization and the patient foretells the complexity of integrating and sharing information that is so critical to reducing costs, increasing patient safety and streamlining productivity. The challenge is inertia – we […]
The Exchanges are coming, the Exchanges are coming!
Are you making the most of it? Yes, I said Exchange, but will refer to them as Health Insurance Marketplaces (HIM). I know many have been working to get ready for the October 1st open enrollment, but have you been doing everything you can? In the past, sales of individual policies haven’t amounted to more […]