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The OpenHIO team has specialized expertise in health systems architecture.

Our team is skilled with complex problems in the design of better-integrated healthcare delivery systems. We work with system-of-systems and multi-disciplinary problems at multiple levels of scale.

We have a specialized interest in applying rigorous, lightweight methodologies for problem analysis and solution design that span business, application, information, integration and infrastructure architectures.

Our team focuses on multi-stakeholder regional interoperability initiatives and related communities of interest.

Our advisory services are independent; we do not represent special interests or engage in political lobbying.

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Services

We offer the following services:

Program Management

Our team is experienced with managing or advising complex programs, including collaborating effectively with multiple solution delivery partners. We assist organizations with IT management and governance best practices relating to solution delivery and process improvement.

Our consultants are experienced with SDLC best practices and process improvement frameworks, including Six Sigma and CMM.

We specialize in helping healthcare initiatives scale up and out, focusing on tactical planning to accelerate early-stage initiatives.

Our services include evaluation and selection of appropriate lifecycle methodologies for development or implementation projects.

Risk Management

We help organizations innovate and remain agile without taking on unnecessary risks. We are skilled at rapid evaluation and risk assessment for initiatives of any scale.

We are comfortable with ‘breaking bad news’ and playing ‘Devil’s Advocate’ when required: helping healthcare organizations better appreciate poorly understood risks associated with current business practices or strategic plans.

We identify and help organizations overcome obstacles preventing them from evolving from a fire-fighting to a fire-prevention mindset.

Quality Assurance

We provide independent audit services for healthcare initiatives facing significant or poorly-understood risks.

Our Quality Assurance services help senior healthcare IT leadership uncover poorly characterized risk or bias with strategic or operational plans, policies and processes.