IT Management Services
HMG has established a proven track record of providing both interim and long term IT leadership to Healthcare Organizations enabling rapid change, thereby, quickly improving the image and productivity of the IT department within the organization. Our established approach has enabled organizations to gain immediate benefits of improved communications and improved services. Our IT leadership consultants have years of experience as CIO's in both large and community-based organizations. They have transformed very troubled IT organizations with low productivity, low morale and low customer satisfaction scores to exceptional organizations in rapid fashion. HMG's goal is to be a leadership bridge from the old underperforming environments to the new well positioned and functioning environments needed for the future. Our role is to implement change, position IT in the organization to be successful and transition the new function to an employed healthcare resource within a define period of time. The transition of the IT leadership back to the internal organization is well structured and provides a plan to continue the momentum and success achieved by HMG.
HMG will assign an experienced resource as the organization's CIO who will work under the direction of the assigned executive, normally the COO or CEO. Each engagement is customized to the needs of the client, but typically includes:
- Accountability and responsibility for directing the IT function with IT staff reporting directly to the HMG CIO
- Guide the IT team through day-to-day management of all IT Department functions
- Prioritize IT initiatives based upon the Healthcare organization's business objectives
- Be an advisory member of the Healthcare organization's senior management team
- Provide leadership and management of IT staff as required for selection and implementation of newly approved projects and projects that are currently in progress
- Assist with realignment of the current IT operating and capital budgets focusing on the Healthcare organization's fiscal goals and objectives
- Implement an efficient IT Operating model utilizing IT operating standards and best practices based upon the Healthcare organization's needs and business objectives
- Establish an IT governance model that is aligned with the Healthcare organization's business strategy
- Develop and manage a 12-month IT plan to meet the stated Healthcare organization's objectives given available budgets and funding
- Recruit for a full time Healthcare organization-employed CIO or assume a strategic role as the CIO long term
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