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Every day, new technologies arrive in the marketplace that promise to help organizations become more efficient. Many of these tools may, in fact, help your organization achieve that goal. However, not every technology solution is appropriate for every organization. It is essential to the success of your organization that you choose technology that will fit in with your immediate and long-term goals. This can only be accomplished through a detailed strategic process that connects the mission of your organization to the technology that will enable you to most effectively achieve that mission.

The Healthcare Services Team of RSM McGladrey combines years of experience in the healthcare industry with expertise in Information Technology (“IT”) to assist you in developing an IT Strategic Plan that is specific to your goals. This strategic plan will then serve as a road map toward making sound technology investments and toward ensuring that these investments provide the return that you seek.

Our Approach
Our approach follows the concept of the Technology Pyramid. This concept dictates planning your technology infrastructure from the bottom up, with each level of the pyramid serving as the foundation for the level above it. Eventually, you will have a technology infrastructure in place that will provide you with the tools you need to conduct daily operations and with the data required to make critical decisions toward the realization of your organization’s mission.

Technology Decision Drivers
In making technology decisions, healthcare organizations are driven by the following goals

• Compliance with regulations (e.g., HIPAA)
  
• Greater efficiency
  
• Preparation for a business change (e.g., new business, restructuring)
  
• Increase in quality
  

We have the experience necessary to approach all of these areas and will assist you in creating a plan that both suits your needs and provides the flexibility to change with the ever-evolving needs of your organization.

The IT Strategy Realization Process
Developing the road map is only the first step in the IT Strategic Planning process. We provide a full suite of services that can help you not only devise your strategy but guide you through its final realization.

Specifically, we will assist you in

• Devising an overall strategy
  
• Defining specific projects to achieve strategic goals
• Identifying products/solutions that will meet the needs of each specific project
  
• Implementing and managing the products/solutions
  
• Revisiting the strategy periodically to ensure that it evolves with changes in your organization
  

Services We Provide

• IT strategic planning
  
• Project scope development
  
• RFP development
  
• Application design and development
  
• Product/vendor identification
  
• Vendor contract negotiation
  
• Project management
  
• System implementation
  

Through these services, our professionals can help you identify and implement the tools that will help your organization achieve its business and compliance goals, increase efficiency and improve the quality of care.