Leadership for Healthcare Project Delivery
Project delivery leadership for small to medium-sized healthcare organizations— ensuring critical IT and operational projects go live smoothly, on time, and without operational disruption.
OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS
Increase your facility’s operational efficiency and patient care delivery by analyzing and improving workflows. We collaborate with your experts to optimize existing processes and implement new ones envisaged and endorsed by your team.
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Map workflows critical to operational efficiency and patient care delivery
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Identify potential risks, exposures, and delays
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Implement staff sourced and endorsed improvements
Specialized Focus Areas
Clinical data Interoperability
Data stored in inaccessible silos is inefficient and doesn't enhance patient care. Timely and secure sharing of clinical data is no longer a nice-to-have; it is expected by patients, area providers, payors, etc. We have deep expertise in clinical interoperability.
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Review clinical data-sharing strategy that addresses community physicians, public health, labs, payors, health information exchanges, etc.
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HIE readiness assessments
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Vendor analysis, comparison, selection and contract negotiation
Strategic oversight for critical operational and IT transformations, ensuring healthcare leadership achieves seamless clinical continuity and project success.
Project delivery leadership FOR IT AND operational INITIATIVES
Ensure your organization's critical projects are executed flawlessly. We provide experienced leadership to manage and execute critical IT and operational projects from planning to successful deployment.
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Training in project management techniques and tools for your team members so they can fly on their own in the future
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Project health assessments for active projects
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"At the elbow" support and coaching
it vendor check-up and assessment
Your organization relies on optimized services, support and pricing from your IT vendors. And because your organization's needs change over time, your IT needs will as well. Periodic checkups and reviews of key IT vendors/contracts arrangements may reduce costs and, just as importantly, prevent technical performance problems.
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IT contracts inventory, review, and risk mitigation
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Assess current vendor performance and management
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Identify and address gaps
legacy application rationalization & modernization
Knowing when to sunset legacy applications and bring in new platforms can be an overwhelming proposition. Extensive analysis of the current solution that enables your business is critical when evaluating modern solutions. And not all requirements are created equal; much functionality must be available on Day 1; other features can wait, and these decisions drive product selection and roll-out.
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Legacy application assessment & rationalization
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Vendor evaluation
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ROI modeling
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Contract negotiation
Why Encore Project Consulting?
We help reduce risk and ensure operational readiness through proven consulting frameworks. We provide project consulting services that enable small to medium-sized healthcare organizations achieve their goals with Fortune 500-caliber IT, leadership, and PM expertise— without the overhead of a large consulting firm.
Our Approach
Our approach isn't magic. It's based on listening, asking questions, and listening some more. We then work with your team to successfully plan and execute strategic initiatives by providing experienced project management leadership. Whether implementing new technology, coordinating facility improvements, preparing for accreditation, or launching new services, we keep projects on schedule, on budget, and aligned with patient care goals.
Engage key stakeholders to identify critical projects and their objectives, goals, and priorities.
Define, document, and enforce a framework for project governance
Establish and maintain shared expectations through effective communication