Posts Tagged ‘Value in Healthcare’

Oracle has a long history of expanding into new markets by making strategic acquisitions – Siebel Systems, PeopleSoft, Hyperion, NetSuite, and Sun Microsystems come to mind. The latest move by Oracle, an agreement to purchase Cerner Corporation is one for the record books – literally. It surpasses any of the aforementioned acquisitions at a whopping […]

Throughout this past year, leading industry analyst firms have included Perficient in reports spanning a variety of topics and technologies. We believe these reports showcase how Perficient comes to the table with innovative and strategic thinking around the most timely topics. Following are some of the most recent reports where Perficient healthcare has been recognized: […]

The need for data interoperability is greater than ever. Approached strategically and at an enterprise level, interoperability presents a big win for healthcare organizations. It stands to turn data into a true strategic asset that can accelerate clinical, marketing, and operational excellence. Healthcare organizations need easy-to-use technology to support the exchange of healthcare information and to […]

At the HLTH conference in Boston this week, telemedicine was the subject of a lot of conversation. The twin themes of telehealth – replacing visits – and remote monitoring – managing care – dominated panels and the exhibit hall alike. For telehealth, the questions centered on: parity of reimbursement rates vs. in-person interactions if visits […]

I’m lucky enough to attend Boston’s HLTH 2021 event and here’s a big shift I’ve noticed in the conference this year: mental health is front and center at the conference. There are no less than a dozen mental health-related companies exhibiting at HLTH, from apps like Calm and Headspace, who have pivoted to: corporate support […]

I’m lucky enough to attend Boston’s HLTH 2021 event, and there is one major theme that already stands out to me: the conflict between locality and specialty. Monday’s lunchtime keynotes presented both ends of this spectrum. First, Cheryl Pegus, Executive Vice President of Health & Wellness at Walmart, spoke about Walmart’s bet to be “all […]

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the use of software to automate high volume and repetitive tasks that previously required a human to perform. RPA enables the configuration of a “bot” or “digital workers” to capture and interpret tasks on existing applications such as processing transactions, transforming or manipulating data, triggering responses, and integrating with other […]

Your organization may face data challenges as you work through ongoing consolidation and a flood of data from new sources. Master data is the cement that bonds your data foundation.  Healthcare leaders are prioritizing an enterprise view and catalogs that contain true master data for patients, providers, or members. But they also want to master […]

As we announced last week, The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is developing a rule that will require all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated or require any workers who remain unvaccinated to produce a negative test result on, at minimum, a weekly basis […]

On September 9th, President Biden announced a new action plan to address the latest rise in coronavirus cases and the slowing pace of COVID-19 vaccinations. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is developing a rule that will require all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is fully […]

With COVID-19 as the catalyst for accelerating digital healthcare, this event shed light on a myriad of opportunities for innovators. Besides virtual health visits, healthcare organizations realized that obsolete, fragmented healthcare technologies and manual processes were a thing of the past. As detailed in a related blog, the Microsoft Power Platform offers new ways to […]

You want to elevate the health of your consumers and drive the ongoing success of your transformation investments. Doing so takes staff commitment and know-how. In our experience partnering with leading healthcare payers and providers on their transformation initiatives, we’ve witnessed the impressive benefit and value that strong project management, Agile leadership, and optimized delivery […]