STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS
Quick, High-Value Support for Your Most Critical IT Challenges
Many of the IT decisions you make today will impact your system for years to come. That’s why it pays to tackle the big questions with our Strategic Solutions experts. Think of them as your very own board of distinguished healthcare and IT geniuses—ready to help you quickly and thoughtfully when it matters most.
Solutions Powered by Perspective
Experience world-class, interdisciplinary support from experts with diverse and proven healthcare backgrounds. Their experience gives them a 360-degree perspective when it comes to healthcare IT challenges, providing you with guidance and support you can count on.
Application Rationalization
A tech-enabled process to assess and ultimately optimize application portfolios
IT Health Checkup
Best practice review of current environment and related interdependencies
Cybersecurity Assessment
Assess vulnerabilities, plans, exposures, incident responses, and regulatory compliance
Technology Vendor Selection
Evaluate and select technology partners for specific initiatives
Enterprise Imaging Strategy
A comprehensive framework for ensuring enterprise-wide access to imaging documents
AI Readiness Review
Evaluate technology, applications and connectivity to support future AI efforts
Our Inspiration Architects
To help healthcare leaders make smart, enterprise-friendly IT investments, we’ve brought together some of the brightest, most experienced, and most interdisciplinary thinkers in the industry—from clinicians and informaticists to security and AI pros. Lean on their collective, 360-degree know how and make the right IT decisions today—so your entire organization can thrive tomorrow.
Charles Boicey
AI WHISPERER
NURSING
CONSENSUS BUILDING
Charles is a clinical information systems expert with more than 40 years of leadership experience. A technologist at heart, he’s architected data warehouses, intelligence tools, big data ecosystems and health information exchanges. He also knows how to care for patients—and foster consensus between clinical, research and IT teams.
Skip Rollins
CYBERSECURITY
VENDOR RELATIONS
LEADERSHIP
A seasoned healthcare IT executive, Skip has led digital transformations and enhanced cybersecurity measures in healthcare organizations for more than three decades. Thanks to his experience and expertise in leadership, program management, and vendor relations, he’s overseen the successful completion of more IT initiatives than he can count.
Mike Carr
IT STRATEGY
DISASTER RECOVERY
APPLICATION RATIONALIZATION
Mike has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare IT consulting and leadership. Throughout his career, he’s supported and guided the IT decisions of some of the largest hospital systems in the United States. Along the way, he’s developed a strong preference for tech that helps clinicians do the right thing—without slowing them down.
Jimmy Fowler
CYBERSECURITY
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
TENACITY
For more than 20 years, Jimmy has championed secure innovation and architected cybersecurity programs for some of the most important organizations in the United States, including the Department of Defense and the Air Force. His tenacity, concise communications, and vision have come together to help enhance the security posture of every organization he’s supported.
Chris Rogowski
THE BOTTOM LINE
ANALYTICS
LEADERSHIP
Armed with a keen business sense and more than 20 years of experience in healthcare IT, Chris helps health systems leverage technology to better manage data, care and costs. His passions for both analytics and strategy have powered his career as a healthcare IT executive—and his interest in measurable returns.
Phil Gelda
ENTERPRISE SHAPING
OPERATIONS
CHANGE FACILITATOR
Phil is a healthcare IT and operations executive who has, for more than 20 years, helped hospitals implement technology that enhances efficiency and maximizes profits. How has he helped organizations achieve such lofty goals? By securing buy-in across diverse stakeholder groups, and by cultivating team cultures around collaboration, transparency and accountability.
Zach Provost
VENDOR SELECTION
NURSING
BRIDGEBUILDING
Well versed in Agile and Scrum principles, Zach gets project management. He also gets product development and what it’s like work as a nurse in a busy clinical setting. For nearly a decade, he’s used his 360-degree perspective to passionately build solutions that drive enhanced care delivery and improved operations—making him a hero with patient, clients and developers.
Why Strategic Solutions?
Gain access to the best thinkers in the business.
World-class, interdisciplinary support for the big decisions
Quick results without big upfront costs
Position yourself intelligently for the future
Partnerships that stand the test of time
20+
Years in HIT consulting
400+
Healthcare systems served
4.500
Engagements
15,000
HIT professionals in our network
The Latest from Innovative
Cleaning Up IT Issues Can Add Much-Needed Cash to Hospital Coffers
Median days cash on hand dipped to a 10-year low for U.S. hospitals and health systems. To shore up their balance sheets, hospitals are looking for cash savings from their IT areas, among others, using a process called application rationalization.
Tech Sprawl Is Bloating Hospital IT – Costs and Inefficiency Are Up
High IT costs are on the radar for hospital CIOs and CEOs. About half of CIOs believe that there are more applications in their portfolio than the business requires. For some hospitals, these financial pressures are putting care at risk. Changes in the IT area could significantly cut costs and, at the same time, improve care delivery.
Hospitals Are Outsourcing IT to Save Money, Modernize Systems
Hospitals are continuing to feel the financial pinch. To stay afloat, one cost-cutting measure is to outsource parts of IT. In fact, the IT outsourcing trend is growing, because the benefits go beyond cost savings.