Posts Tagged ‘hipaa’

The ability to offer healthcare products and services digitally is more important than ever. In fact, the global healthcare eCommerce market is projected to reach $994.2 billion by 2030. But a complex regulatory landscape and data privacy and security concerns are formidable obstacles. Additionally, consumer demand for proactive, personalized experiences is at an all-time high. […]

In the latest episode of the Sitecore Sessions, our Sitecore MVP’s, Megan Jensen and Myself met with healthcare strategists Priyal Patel and Michael Porter to discuss healthcare trends, our success in delivering healthcare projects with Sitecore, the challenges and opportunities we’ve been seeing across composable, finding search and leveraging AI. You can watch the whole […]

Before I begin, I just want to caveat everything with the fact that HIPAA is a complex regulation open to interpretation, and in the end your legal and compliance teams need to be comfortable with how you handle data and the risk associated with those methods. With that being said, I’ve had a lot of […]

There’s been a massive change of tone in the healthcare space over the last few years. What is it you might ask? Well, simple. Proactive healthcare choice. Let me explain. Traditionally, healthcare was reactive – when something went wrong, we would go to the doctor or seek medical treatment. Today, however, the tables have turned […]

Recently, Coveo hosted a webinar discussing the importance of HIPAA compliance in the digital world. Perficient’s very own Michael Porter shed light on key considerations and challenges organizations face when protecting sensitive patient information. In today’s digital era, healthcare organizations strive to provide exceptional digital experiences while ensuring the security and privacy of patient information. […]

It seems obvious that general retailers need actionable data to drive business decisions, but many healthcare organizations (HCOs) are businesses that rely in the same engagement and transactional information. Despite an increased level of regulation, HCOs need access to analytics information to make informed business decisions. Capturing data in a way that does not compromise […]

This is a continuation of my previous discussion on PHI and Online Tracking.  We know you have to be extremely careful when using tracking technologies. This is even true on .com site where you don’t login.  Even with extra care there are a number of ways in which you can track activity and events on […]

Recently, the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) came out with guidance regarding the use of online analytics technologies.  This guidance will impact a lot of Provider and even some payer websites.  This includes hospitals, clinics, medical groups, imaging centers, and more. It gives more insight into how healthcare organizations can better ensure patient data […]

At Perficient, our Data Solutions team has worked closely with our Healthcare division to implement Snowflake for HIPAA and HITECH compliance. Snowflake offers healthcare organizations a secure data warehouse environment with many HIPAA compliance features. Perficient’s implementation team includes Snowflake and health industry subject matter experts. We’ll take a look at Snowflake’s benefits for healthcare providers […]

A scenario: your experience, virtual health, and marketing leaders have shaped creative and compelling ideas to personalize interactions with healthcare consumers. Of course, execution drives those inspirations to fruition, and any type of communication connected to patient data requires a new set of considerations. Realistically, you’ll employ the expertise of development teams as you move […]

As we continue our series of posts on making HIPAA work for you, I am going to address a common problem we hear from health care marketers: “My board/boss/CMO/Legal Counsel says we cannot use patient data for marketing communications.” This is a tough one. Truly, your board of directors and your legal counsel are going […]

The other day a question came up on what extra due diligence do we need to do as we adhere to HIPAA compliance requirements. My first thought was that, of course, we do comply by embracing that extra due diligence in everything we deliver. But of course, the devil is in the details. Those details […]