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IT Optimizers® is a consultancy which exclusively serves the health care industry. Our seasoned Client Service Executives use our proven FULCRUM Series Methodologies® to plan, determine feasibility, contract for, design, select and implement information technology solutions for regional as well as national health care provider and payer organizations.

The result: tangible outcomes and an enhanced organization competency in information management.

We recently unified our recruiting and program management services into a new practice discipline: Resource Recruitment and Management Services.

News

The 2007 Baldrige National Quality Award Winners included Sharp Healthcare, San Diego, CA, the first California healthcare system winner, and Mercy Health Systems, Janesville, WI. Congratulations to these outstanding organizations for advancing excellence in our health care system.

Insights

Disruptive Health Care
Engaged patients and social networking have converged on a new website, PatientsLikeMe, created by brothers of a Lou Gehrig’s patient. The site provides an online community where patients can discuss and track medical conditions among themselves, access support groups, information, knowledge links, and clinical research and trials information.

Inside IT Optimizers®

Steve Saunders Taking On a New Challenge Steve Saunders, Director of Application Systems, LA County Dept of Health Services
Long time IT Optimizers Client Service Executive Steve Saunders has accepted a position with the County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services as Director of Application Systems. Steve’s role includes all application areas. In particular, Steve will oversee the electronic health record efforts for the system including LAC-USC and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. We wish Steve and wife Jacki well!

Inside IT Optimizers®, cont.

Best Practices
We recently completed a review of select best practices for several of our clients; the resulting practice guidelines for Information Technology Risk Management and Academic Care Organizations-Information Technology Strategies are available for your review and download.