We have noticed a pretty significant trend from our healthcare clients. Many healthcare technology teams are getting requests from their board of directors to reduce the paper waste associated with their meetings and provide for a collaborative environment that can connect them across vast geographic boundaries. Collaboration tools, by way of portals, are the solution […]
Posts Tagged ‘portals’
Gartner PCC: The Future of Portals
In a previous post, I talked about Gartners prediction of a “seismic shift” in the portal market. In one of the last session of the Gartner Portal, Content & Collaboration 2011 Summit, Gene Phifer spoke about the future of portals. Gene is convinced that the portal market (and mashup market) will be “subsumed” by a […]
The Future of Social Media in Healthcare
Perficient has created this series, “Responding to Healthcare Consumerism with Social Media” in order to identify the benefits and drawbacks of using social media and collaboration tools in healthcare, explore the doctor and patient communities currently interacting online, outline social media’s impact on the quality of care, and use current innovations to predict the future […]
Gartner PCC: Gartner predicts “siesmic shift” in Portal market by 2015
Is the User Experience Platform (UXP) the replacement for portal? UXP is not an existing product or market, but Gene Phifer of Gartner expects it to come by 2015. Gartner thinks there is a “seismic market shift” coming for portal products, mashups and content management. So what is a User Experience Platform? Or better yet, […]
Gartner PCC: Gartner predicts "siesmic shift" in Portal market by 2015
Is the User Experience Platform (UXP) the replacement for portal? UXP is not an existing product or market, but Gene Phifer of Gartner expects it to come by 2015. Gartner thinks there is a “seismic market shift” coming for portal products, mashups and content management. So what is a User Experience Platform? Or better yet, […]
ACOs Create World Class Outcomes with Patient Portals
Last week John Moore of Chilmark Research wrote an excellent piece called “Much Ado About Patient Portals”. This post is a very telling sign of what we are seeing in the healthcare marketplace. With the buzz around healthcare reform and the emergence of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) one can understand why the increase interest in […]
What happens when hospitals do not participate in social media?
Perficient has created this series, “Responding to Healthcare Consumerism with Social Media” in order to identify the benefits and drawbacks of using social media and collaboration tools in healthcare, explore the doctor and patient communities currently interacting online, outline social media’s impact on the quality of care, and use current innovations to predict the future […]
Collaboration Integral to Healthcare Reform [Video]
During the HIMSS conference last month, we heard many speak on the importance of Accountable Care Organizations, meaningful use, and healthcare analytics in driving healthcare reform. In this interview with John White, Director of Perficient’s Healthcare Practice, the importance of collaborative tools in healthcare reform were discussed. John stated that while discussions around the components […]
Increased Access to Data Increases Patient Satisfaction
I recently read that 78% of patients believe EHRs boost care. What was my reaction to this news? I immediately thought, “Just wait until patients see what all of the technologies that EHRs enable can do.” Business intelligence is a perfect example. Data warehouses and data analytics provide physicians with the tools and technologies they […]
The Movement of Patients and Physicians into Social Media
Perficient has created this series, “Responding to Healthcare Consumerism with Social Media” in order to identify the benefits and drawbacks of using social media and collaboration tools in healthcare, explore the doctor and patient communities currently interacting online, outline social media’s impact on the quality of care, and use current innovations to predict the future […]
The Power of WebSphere Portal Personalization
Personalization (PZN) in WebSphere Portal is one of its most powerful yet overlooked capabilities. I am surprised how often it is not even considered for everyday scenarios and instead complex custom code is written . Personalization is often for viewed as simply selecting content from Web Content Management (WCM) based on site areas and matching […]
How HIE and Collaboration Lead to ACO Success
I listened to an H&HN Daily podcast yesterday titled ACOs Need to Focus on Clinical Care, Too. Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) CEO Maureen Bisognano was interviewed, and there were two themes that struck me in particular: Fragmentation of the patient experience leads to increased cost and decreased patient experience: Bisognano points out that many […]