Your firm has, whether it was an individual or collective organization, violated the first component of the Hippocratic Oath – “first, do no harm” (or “primum non nocere,” the original Latin translation from the Greeks) while interacting with a client. Some combination of your conscience and your lawyers make you want to “make things right,” […]
Posts Tagged ‘Management Consulting’
Blockchain: The Secret Sauce to Supply Chain Visibility
In “Behind the Golden Arches” by John Love, the author shares an anecdote of how in the early days of McDonald’s, the company was having cashflow problems despite its being a significant source of revenue for many farmers. In a meeting with a particularly large farmer who had made significant money from selling tomatoes, lettuce, […]
The Few, the Proud, the Protected — Provisions in SCRA That Financial Institutions Must Be Aware Of
SCRA stands for the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The history of the SCRA can be traced back to a Civil War moratorium that protected Union soldiers and sailors from collection actions, divorce proceedings, and other legal issues during wartime. These protections resurfaced in 1918 with the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act. The Act was […]
2022 Modern Healthcare Survey Ranks Perficient Among the 10 Largest Management Consulting Firms
We are pleased to announce that we have been ranked the eighth-largest healthcare management consulting firm in Modern Healthcare’s 2022 survey. The annual survey ranked healthcare management consulting firms according to 2021 revenue from total healthcare consulting fees. Modern Healthcare has also recognized Perficient as the fourth-largest IT consulting firm. “As a trusted digital partner […]
5 Considerations When Seeking a Financial Advisor
Financial Advice Isn’t Just For The Wealthy. Oftentimes, when we think of financial advisors, the upper class and those planning for retirement are first to come to mind. In fact, in a survey conducted by MagnifyMoney, 42% of respondents (notably, 48% of women and 35% of men surveyed) indicated they believe financial advisors are “only […]
A Contact Center Success Story: Driving Value Through Better Experiences
Patient centric operations are top-of-mind in healthcare organizations (HCOs). HCOs must prioritize, protect, and continuously improve the customer experience to achieve member satisfaction and retention. Our payer client believed they could achieve this necessary improvement by assessing contact center agent knowledge. So, we partnered with the payor to identify actionable ways to drive greater operational […]
Enabling Healthcare Organizations to Address Health Inequity: Promoting DE&I in Healthcare
While organizations are making progress, health inequity is still pervasive across race, gender, age, and income in healthcare. We’re engaging in more and more conversations with healthcare organizations about ways to help you authentically and diligently address diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) across the healthcare experience. A Strategic Approach to Influence Change for DE&I Hospitals […]
8 Capabilities for Agile M&A in Healthcare Organizations
As the numbers of mergers and acquisitions continue to rise, the majority still fail to realize their intended value. Following best-practices and using third party support can help increase your chances of success. Perficient’s wide variety of tools and assets in the following eight capability categories help complement and drive the overall success of a […]
Healthcare M&A: Pillars of Success
While the number of healthcare M&A transactions continues to recover since the COVID-19 pandemic, the overwhelming majority of organizations still fail to realize their intended M&A value. This is often due to unclearly defined business imperatives, poor program planning, and lack of discipline around establishing necessary initial guardrails. There are however, some best practices that […]
Why Healthcare Organizations are Missing the Mark in M&A
Market pressures are motivating both hospitals and health systems to seek operational, strategic, or financial value through consolidation. The yearly number of hospital M&A transactions has grown over the past decade. While healthcare M&A slowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are once again starting to see deal volume grow at a rate that’s overwhelming […]
4 Takeaways From Our How Xcel Energy Built an Arc Flash Electrical Safety Program Webinar
When Perficient senior project manager Morgan McNeal was assigned to collaborate with Xcel Energy to create a plan to revamp their arc flash safety electrical program, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. But, three years and a withstanding partnership with Xcel Energy engineer Eduardo Ramirez Bettoni later, she is now an […]
The Importance of a Robust Arc Flash Electrical Safety Program
Arc flash is a type of uncontrolled electrical discharge that occurs when an electric current strays from its intended path and travels through the air from one conductor to another. They most often occur in electricity and power plants, or any place that uses electrical equipment such as substations and transmission lines. Arc flashes are […]