Archive for February, 2009
Vitalize Consulting Solutions, Inc., the People-Centered Healthcare IT Consulting Firm: High Client and Employee Satisfaction Results in Growth Without Losing the Human Aspect of the Healthcare IT Equation
Hospitals usually aren’t staffed for the surge of experts needed to bring a big project live. They also aren’t very good at winding down resources as projects are completed. That’s at odds with what it takes for CIO job security: amassing exceptional and experienced talent, assembling a push of resources to get projects over the hump so they can start generating the expected ROI, and transitioning knowledge to staff for ongoing maintenance and enhancement. The ideal consulting firm offers experienced consultants who are well cared for by their employer; good value to fit the budget of the average non-profit hospital trying to beef up internal IT resources, and executives who care about clients after the contract is signed. We spoke to Bruce Cerullo, CEO of Vitalize Consulting Solutions, Inc.
SCI Solutions Helps Hospitals Increase Revenue, Patient Satisfaction, and Physician Loyalty through Subscription-Priced Software-as-a-Service Systems
Hospitals can succeed in unfavorable economic conditions if they make it easy for physician and patient customers to do business with them. They also need to be scrupulous about managing the revenue cycle, starting in advance of the patient’s arrival to actively manage high-deductible plans and self-pay patients. In these conditions, subscriptions-priced services are more attractive to hospitals with constrained capital budgets since they match accrued benefits to cash outlays rather than requiring a huge upfront payment. SCI Solutions was an early healthcare pioneer in Software-as-a-Service, (SaaS) forming the company around that concept in 1999. We spoke to John Holton, president and CEO of SCI Solutions.
