Information Systems - Vendor Evaluation & Selection

Health Care Program Advisors assists clients in planning and managing the deployment of information systems to support healthcare operations, helping them achieve an appropriate balance between fiscal prudence and operational need. The key to our success is creating the right balance between internal resources, vendor reliance, and the use of outside services, including the use of tactical outsourcing.

Our information services are very extensive, and no two clients are alike. We customize our offerings to your organization’s needs, as we’re here to customize solutions that solve your specific problems.

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Vendor Evaluation & Selection

Program Advisors can complete a needs assessment and requirements definition for each client. The needs assessment and requirements definition will go toward better understanding your business, its challenges, and what potential solutions we can provide. While not entirely inclusive, these assessments and definitions can include the following:

• Assess strategic objectives for the analytics program.
• Evaluate current analytics capabilities and current state clinical and business platforms for analytics capacity.
• Formalize business and technical requirements.
• Complete gap analysis for current state versus future state functionality needs.
• Understand budgetary constraints.
• Assist in creating a request for proposal or another bid request document.

The vendor analysis portion of this service looks at every aspect of the client’s relationship with each of its vendors. What are their strengths? Where are they lacking? Some of what we provide in this process includes the following aspects:

• Review vendor responses and complete detailed vendor analysis (including functional and technical fit, cost, and risk assessment).
• Create a vendor prioritization and/or shortlist.
• Identify critical success factors.
• Facilitate system demonstrations.
• Facilitate the selection of finalist(s).
• Ensure the entire evaluation process is efficient and easy-to-manage.
• Perform implementation readiness assessment.
  
  • Review and make recommendations on staffing requirements.
  • Develop all-inclusive financial and investment models.