Posts Tagged ‘mobile health’

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 […]

I’d like to introduce you to The Great Brain Experiment. My husband sent me a link to this iPhone app this morning. This app is a series of mind exercises that measure: Your memory How fast you are at stopping an urge to perform an action (think Fruit Ninja with a twist) How quickly your […]

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 […]

Earlier this week Phil Fasano, EVP & CIO at Kaiser Permanente, wrote a blog post posing the question: If other industries have proven that IT can improve processes and reduce costs, why has healthcare been so slow to adopt? Phil’s post discusses the current state of healthcare IT as well as what entrepreneurs can focus […]

Each of us has a vision of our ideal self, our own “real world superhero” that we wish to become. We could be this superhero if only we got enough sleep, ate the right food, put in a good work out every day, and regulated our mood. The optimal way to level up and reach […]

Next week Perficient will be hosting a webinar focusing on patient engagement leveraging Oracle technology. The webinar, Transforming Healthcare through Patient Engagement Using Oracle Solutions, will be hosted by Perficient’s Melody Smith Jones, Manager of Healthcare Collaborative Technologies, and Lesli Adams, Director of Oracle BI and Healthcare. I spoke with Melody and Lesli to find […]

Earlier this month at the HIMSS 2013 Conference, Perficient’s Liza Sisler spoke with Dave deBronkart, better known as ePatient Dave. Dave and Liza discuss the unique roles of health, care and medication in engaged healthcare and the idea that the patient is the key to bringing all three aspects together in order to provide better […]

When wandering through the large HIMSS 2013 exhibit hall in New Orleans this year, I am inspired by innovation and the impact of mobile technologies on healthcare. I was thinking about the article in the Atlantic Wire called “Google Glass Will Be Out Just in Time for a Very Expensive Christmas Present” and what the […]

It’s opening day at HIMSS! It was just one year ago at last year’s HIMSS conference that Meaningful Use Stage 2 was released. I found it quite helpful to have caught first glimpse of MU2 while at this event last year since I do strongly believe in the power of socially digesting information. So, now […]

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 […]

I’m the type of person that dares to dream. So, in this time defined by simple patient messaging and health records sharing, I wonder what a future defined by the capture of health behavior data would look like. I do very much believe that we are moving towards a future where we use this health […]

Michelle McNickle recently published an interesting article in InformationWeek, titled “Can Avatars Improve Patient Outcomes?” which has sparked my interest in these new “physician extenders.” Can we actually use these personifications to improve patient care, patient outcomes and possibly even help chronic care patients learn about their disease in an anonymous manner so they don’t […]