Posts Tagged ‘telehealth’

Cindy O’Neill from Microsoft interviewed Perficient’s Martin Sizemore at HIMSS 2012 on accountable care, meaningful use, mobility, social media, cloud, portals and business intelligence solutions.

My neighbor, a physician, installed an EMR this year to qualify for Meaningful Use. He has given up the clipboard in favor of a laptop to expedite data entry into this EMR. He has also give up looking his patient’s in the eye while doing rounds. Instead, he’s heads down, keying data into the laptop […]

On the HIMSS 2012 show floor we interviewed Perficient’s own Steve Nitenson on the importance of empowering patients through connecting them to their data.

Health IT leaders are in the midst of handling a myriad of business challenges. Each year at HIMSS, we interview today’s biggest Health IT influencers on the hottest topics of our time. This is your chance to join those experts and tell us what YOU think are the Greatest Health IT Challenges. This quick two […]

We live in a period of time in healthcare where there is enormous pressure to analyze and compete based on the information buried in IT systems. The volume of healthcare data swells by a staggering 35 per cent per year. Worse than the volume is the fact that 80% of stored health information today consists […]

The dissemination of healthcare treatment through the developed world is at the inception of extending successful implementation strategies in the developing world. The implementation of healthcare is now pairing clinical expertise with technological advancements. Standard treatment in developed countries can be transferred to countries that lack in comparison efficient channeling of clinical management, but have […]

Late last night I was fortunate enough to come across an article entitled “Embedded Health: Designing Future Health Interventions Around Our Weaknesses“. This article begins: Once we understand the points at which the human brain makes bad decisions that affect our health, we can begin to find ways to influence us to not make those […]

Having interoperable, and mobile, health data sounds like a great plan. However, there are a few problems that stand in our way. First, one must consider the pure volume of connected devices. It is estimated that the number of mobile devices will reach a total of 50 billion by 2020. Then one must consider that […]

In Cincinnati, a man boards a MegaBus bound for Chicago twice per month. Unlike the business travelers sitting next to him, he’s not lured by the promise of free Wi-Fi and power outlets. Rather, this Cincinnati native sits on a bus 12 hours round trip so that he can have access to a particular physician […]

Technologies such as mobile health, telehealth, and social portal solutions are making great waves in healthcare organizations around the world. Technology creates a reality where patients are no longer required to go to the doctor’s office to get important care. The future seems even more promising. Technology provides patients with: Socially-Enabled Patient Portals: A platform […]

Last week I decided to take an adventure. Lurred by the promise of free wifi and power outlets, I decided to take the MegaBus to a healthcare event in Chicago (I blogged about this event last week). The $30 bus fare beat out airplane in terms of cost and car in terms of hours of […]

Telehealth, not to be confused with telemedicine, is the delivery of health-related services and information via telecommunications technologies. It is yet another way to address healthcare quality issues and offer consumer-centric healthcare. InMedica’s most recent report, “The World Market for Telehealth – A Quantitative Market Assessment – 2011 Edition,” projects the telehealth market will “exceed […]