Healthcare organizations face a constant pressure to reduce costs and improve performance, all while meeting changing regulatory regulations. Fortunately, with constant developments in technology, health IT can help organizations gain a competitive advantage. Healthcare analytics can provide organizations the ability to use their data to improve the quality of care, increase financial efficiency and operational […]
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The Upcoming Health Insurance Conundrum: Does Anyone Win?
Monday morning news often leaves a bit to be desired. I usually scan several newspapers or websites to see what’s out there. I was surprised to see that the Wall Street Journal had a very interesting front page article on the upcoming insurance mandates for the uninsured population of the US. This article contends that […]
Microsoft Surface Impresses Doctors, Improves Patient Care
Over on the Perficient Healthcare IT blog, my colleague Jamie Churchill had a great post this morning around the tablet battle in healthcare. From her blog post, which you can read here, Jamie shares: I came across an article this morning about the growing trend of doctors using tablets in healthcare – specifically the Microsoft […]
The Tablet Battle in Healthcare
I came across an article this morning about the growing trend of doctors using tablets in healthcare – specifically the Microsoft Surface Pro and the Apple iPad. According Manhattan Research quoted in the article, 72% of healthcare providers now use tablets in their jobs. The iPad accounts for over half of the tablets used in […]
Top Technology Trends in Healthcare – June 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 […]
The Message Link – Patient Experience to Healthcare Delivery
As the advancements, requirements, and transition to highly integrated and technical aspects of healthcare proceed as never seen before, a pause is beneficial to assess what it is truly being said, and how is it being expressed. This is more than the transfer of diagnoses and required treatment through provider claims and payer reimbursement cycling. […]
Big Data as an Archival Platform
Operational systems frequently have to have data archived (i.e., backed up and purged from the database) in order to maintain performance SLA’s. Historical data is frequently maintained for a much longer period in data warehouses, but as a data warehouse is intended for storing integrated, standardized, and historical (and perhaps current) data in order to […]
Shared Decision Making – From Doctor is King to Patient is Key
The words, “because I said so” were like nails on a chalkboard for many children. I was lucky enough to rarely hear those words. I was blessed with parents that took the time to explain why they were taking the decision they were and as I got older willing to discuss decisions further, allowing me […]
Leveraging Analytics for Hospital Value Based Purchasing
Value based purchasing in healthcare has been discussed several times on our blog, most recently in the posts “Taking back the reins: Value-Based Purchasing in Healthcare” and “Maximizing Financial Rewards from Hospital Value Based Purchasing.” Last month, Perficient’s Martin Sizemore also co-presented a webinar with CitiusTech called “Hospital Value Based Purchasing: Leveraging Analytics Platform for […]
Will ACOs drive up costs for patients?
I was recently talking with one of my colleagues about a strange situation that happened to her when her local hospital and healthcare provider merged with a larger healthcare system. As a result of the merger, she no longer had a local healthcare provider in her town that took her insurance plan. In essence, she […]
Does Patient Experience Affect Patient Engagement?
My colleague, Terie McClintock, recently posted a blog about the relationship between the patient experience and the level of patient engagement on our Oracle blog. A correlation between the two concepts is often assumed, but does one actually influence the other? Terie did some research into the effect that patients being engaged in their care […]
Personalized Prevention…Will it ever Happen?
Google Search gives way to personalized search, but can personal search be transformed into personal prevention? That’s the premise of an interesting article written by Dr Joseph Kvedar from the Center for Connected Health, “Is the End of Search the Beginning of Personalized Prevention?” After reading this article, I have come to the conclusion that […]