HOME | ABOUT US | CONSULTING | RESEARCH INSTITUTE | JOURNAL | EUROPE | PAPERS | SUPPLIERS | FOCUS AREAS | EVENTS | NEWS | CONTACT US

Helping Harvard Pilgrim Emerge from Receivership to Become a Leading Payor: U.S. News & World Report named Harvard Pilgrim Health Care the No. 1 commercial health plan for the last three years. That’s a dramatic recovery from the deathbed days of 1999 when the insurance company lost $227 million and fell into receivership. Outsourcing was the transfusion it needed. (2008)

Closed-loop Marketing Solution Now Integrates with SaaS Model for Greater Benefits for Pharmaceutical Companies: Pharmaceutical sales reps must now be much more efficient at displaying marketing information and retrieving data relevant to a particular physician because they are allowed less time with physicians. Now there's a cutting-edge closed-loop marketing mobile solution that runs untethered from networks, is available in an SaaS model, and ensures it delivers the content most relevant to a particular physician. (2008)

New Outsourced Solution Secures Loyalty of Hospital Patients, Guests, and Employees: Hospitals are in a highly competitive market, and consumers now expect services that extend beyond quality patient care. Read about the valet and hotel-like concierge services that one outsourcing provider offers and how it benefits patients, their families and friends, hospital employees -- and the hospital itself. (2008)

Rx for Provider Success: How a Forward-Thinking CIO and CompuCom Took Kings County Hospital's IT Infrastructure from 10 Years Behind to Leading Edge: When Al Porco became CIO of the Central Brooklyn Family Health Network, the IT department was in need of an overhaul. It didn't have the tools, infrastructure, or processes to even make a dent. Working with CompuCom, the healthcare facility is now on the cutting edge. This is the story of its metamorphosis. (2008)

Editor's Corner: Jim Way of Siemens Medical Solutions: How do buyers and suppliers structure healthy outsourcing relationships? What steps should they take to avoid the doom loop? Siemens Medical Solutions's Jim Way shares his insights. (2008)

Administrative Firm and Its Data Provider Keep Ohio's Workers' Comp Program Operating Smoothly: The state of Ohio decided to outsource its administration of Workers' Comp managed care. CareWorks wanted the work but had to outsource to meet the state's requirements. Eleven years later, CareWorks still has that business and has become one of the largest providers of workers' comp services in the U.S., thanks to outsourcing. (2008)

• More stories

Suppliers Corner: Augmentum Helps Players Take Advantages of Opportunities in Healthcare IT 2.0 - Alan Mills, chief solution architect for Augmentum, believes the U.S. healthcare system is spending money on the wrong things. Instead, it should be more focused on patient information and improved care. He discusses four major trends in healthcare IT and ... - July 2008

Taking a New Approach to Business Challenges Using Managed Services IT - Each market has its unique challenges, Healthcare is no different. The ever changing state of the art healing protocols, the diverse tools to diagnosis and render treatment, to the many providers who meet the daily test to win against diseases'...How one ... - July 2008

Achieving Business Goals through Managed Services IT - Customer Case Study: Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers - February 2008

Advancing Healthcare through the Application of Predictive Knowledge Management - Examine how healthcare can proactively support patient-focused care using technology services that enable predictive analysis. - November 2007

Managed Services IT: Helping Caldwell Memorial Hospital become the Hospital of the Future - Small Community Hospital Leverages Managed Services to Bolster IT and Compete with Larger Health Systems - April 2007

Managed Services IT: Providing a Strategic Advantage for Altoona Regional Health System - Siemens Helps Altoona Regional Health System Increase the Value of its IT - April 2007

Proven Outcomes - Jefferson Regional Medical Center is delivering medical excellence through a collaborative partnership with Siemens Medical Services. Strategic management of technology targeted system investments and fostered collaboration between clinicians and IT staff ... - August 2006

Securing Sensitive Data in Outsourced Environments - CIGNA needed a strong, flexible information protection and data privacy solution to support the company's growing outsourcing initiatives, protect in-house applications and achieve HIPAA compliance. Read how Verdasys filled this gap... - September 2005

The Future of Healthcare Eligibility Outsourcing - Healthcare Eligibility Outsourcing has reached a new level of respect and necessity among healthcare providers. Read the latest update from NCO Financial Systems, Inc.. - August 2005

• More Papers

    Poll sponsored by:
          

If your company is interested in gaining exposure to our highly targeted readers who are looking for outsourcing information and for companies that can assist them, you should consider becoming an Outsourcing Center sponsor. Click here to learn more about sponsorship opportunities.