Experience is everything

So many of today’s healthcare organizations are in the throes of mergers, network expansions or new partnerships that require HIT systems to quickly begin behaving as a single entity. As an IT leader, it’s good to know you can call upon an experienced resource—with unrivalled vendor history and expertise—to help shepherd your process. Using our InTegrity™ approach as a framework, we begin with a rigorous “Phase Zero” exercise that unearths potential points of failure and creates a rigorously honest view of the tasks at-hand. S&P Consultants bring a frank and objective perspective to the table—providing candid assessments of your in-house situation, the new entity’s situation, and the ability of your vendor(s) to contribute to a successful outcome. Having that neutral ally can be a powerful tool in negotiating—literally and figuratively—among the stakeholders looking to you for guidance.

Uniquely, S&P delivers both technical and strategic expertise. For example, one of the first hurdles to clear is ensuring that executive leadership has a clear picture of what is involved in combining the organizations’ IT infrastructures and solutions. A common mistake is under-preparing—either from a time or budgetary standpoint.

How does a merger affect your long-term roadmap—not only from an IT perspective—but as it will affect your ability to deliver clinical quality, patient satisfaction, and bottom-line results in the future? We can show you the implications of various options. The S&P team will help your entire organization “level set” so that you are set up for success, armed with a sound plan that takes each granular detail into account.