I’m an Okie. As my home state of Oklahoma begins to recover from the devastation caused by Monday’s E-F5 tornado, the financial impact remains unclear. As the recovery aspect gets underway, adjusters will begin to assess the damage, and those...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel released a memo on May 21st 2013 (obtained by NextGov.com) that commits the Department of Defense (DoD) to begin a competitive process to secure a commercial off-the-shelf (or COTS) electronic medical records (EMR) system...

As individuals, we learn early on that it’s better to nurture and concentrate our efforts on a smaller number of hobbies, relationships and goals rather than stretch ourselves too thin. By trying to take on everything under the sun, we effectively...

Perceptive Software's Acuo Technologies was honored by Axeda with a product innovation award for its AcuoINSIGHT solution. The award was presented to Imad Nijim and Joe Knight of Acuo at Axeda’s Connexion 2013 conference in Boston earlier this...

Without a doubt, the world of enterprise content management (ECM) is changing, growing and evolving. Until recently, enterprise content management and document management were almost synonyms. Essentially, the criteria to become an ”ECM vendor”...

On Sunday, I am heading to Las Vegas for the 2013 ACORD LOMA forum. While I am not a gambler, I am willing to bet that we will hear a lot about three hot insurance industry topics from attendees. Here is the trifecta of what I expect will be the hot topics...

I finally saw Argo . Late, I know, but this crop of Oscar picks seemed atypically watchable, making my progress through the nominations a bit slower than in years past. I won’t spend much time recounting the details of a movie that you’ve...

Inspire is the place where customers and partners come to explore how Perceptive Software’s process and content solutions can make their business operations run smoother — whether it's for just one piece of the puzzle or for the entire...

In my last blog that I posted earlier this week, I addressed the growing value that video content is bringing to healthcare organizations, patients and providers (1) . One of my colleagues read it and forwarded me an article from the Journal of the American...

The use of video and the value its content brings to patients and clinicians is becoming more and more apparent in many facets of the healthcare industry. Whether video is being used as a quality tool, to educate patients on their afflictions, to document...

By Laura Rather, Partner Account Manager, and Rob White, Channel Readiness Manager What do these three people have in common? Top Chef competitor Mathlete You They all need to deliver the best performance in a limited amount of time. As a salesperson...

As Director of Product Marketing, I admire Seth Godin – and I know I’m not the only one. After all, he writes the most popular marketing blog in the world, has authored 14 bestselling marketing books over the last decade, and has been called...

The conversation about enterprise content management (ECM) needs to shift. Broaden. When we talk about ECM these days, we aren’t just talking about paper documentation or EDI (electronic data interchange) feeds for patient finance, medical records...

I was reading a recent article on AuntMinnie.com by Erik L. Ridley titled “Vendor-neutral archives can save money, add efficiency” and I was interested to find how Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia incorporated VNA into their technology...

Now that technology allows us to measure the results of every dollar spent, marketing has turned from an “art” to a “science.” Furthermore, every marketing dollar spent becomes more and more important. Once you have the ability...

So why does everything to do with “the cloud” seem so, well, cloudy? With some basic understanding of cloud terminology, it doesn’t have to be. Determining which type of cloud is right for your business requires just a little high-level...

By Mark Bowen, Director of Marketing, Acuo Technologies The water at HIMSS 2013 may not have been fit to drink, but the new orange and blue Kool-Aid served up by team Acuo this year was pure refreshment. HIMSS attendees got a little taste of plans for...

As healthcare organizatio ns are being forced to do more with less money, less time and fewer providers, their priorities remain the same: to drive better patient care, create cost savings, and effectively manage their existing resources. The experts...

On a recent trip to see my three beautiful nieces in Shorewood, Minnesota, I purchased a Star Wars puzzle and a model airplane for them to put together. As I was getting closer to my brother’s house, I started thinking, “What if all the pieces...

Theo Ahadome is a senior market analyst in the healthcare IT research group at InMedica, a division of IHS. InMedica is a leading provider of market research and consultancy in the medical electronics industry. In his February 2013 article for DOTmed...

The 2012 Huntington Bank Innovation Award for accounts payable automation in shared services was awarded to The Walt Disney Co. for “creative use of advanced technologies, tools, and processes in accounts payable and accounts receivable." Learn...

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you know how excited Lexmark’s Perceptive Software and Acuo Technologies are about their healthcare vision. It’s easy to wonder, however … does the rest of the healthcare...

The technical and cost-related aspects of cloud deployment are important things to evaluate when considering the shift away from on-premise deployment. However, the regulatory compliance aspects cannot be overlooked, either. Doesn’t the very term...

Earlier this month, we waited with bated breath for the outcome of Congress’s 11th-hour decision on whether to send us over the fiscal cliff. They took us to the crumbling edge and then gave us a reprieve. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012...

Every can’t-live-without-it product and service begins with the idea that maybe, just maybe, things could be better. Maybe that process, practice or activity you struggle with every day could be completed more easily and more quickly. In the right...