Management Consulting
Management consulting services are organized into the following categories:
Strategic consulting
Technical consulting: General and
Vendor based
Operational Redesign
Regulatory Support
Cura Consulting Solutions supports the following strategic IT consulting services:
Strategic Consulting Services
Executive IT mentoring
Due diligence of information systems
Facilities and other management of IT
systems
Strategic planning
Technical Consulting: General and Vendor-based
General
Vendor
selection
Contract negotiations
System design
System implementation
RFP development
Project management
Aligning information and operational
systems
Technical support for
IT networks, hardware, operating system and office based
systems
Vendor-Based
Cerner
Millennium:
Application-based consulting services
Meditech Magic and
client/server: Application-based consulting services
Quadramed's Affinity Application based consulting
services
Operational Redesign
Clinical Documentation Redesign
Redesign documentation process in patient care areas to improve quality of patient care and reduce expenses (such as overtime)
Health Information Management
Implement processes to re-align HIM department functions around information systems – for example image based patient record
Revenue Cycle Optimization
Optimize the revenue cycle including medical records, admitting, case management, discharge planning, billing & collections
Benchmarking
Analyze benefit realization in the context of information technology spending
Cost Accounting and Productivity Monitoring
Develop and implement standards in cost accounting and productivity monitoring systems using national and in-house developed RVUs
Supply Chain Management
Optimize - acquisition of supply costs, cost of handling and delivery of supplies, and supply utilization by care providers
Physician Utilization Management
Optimize physician resource utilization - proactively and retroactively
Incentive Systems
Establish incentive plans in hospital departments such as IT and HIM
Regulatory Support
HIPAA Transaction and Code Sets and IT Security
Provide readiness assessment; gap analysis and remediation – planning and implementation
JCAHO
Information Management: plan, design, write-up, implement
Error Reduction Initiatives
Provide support for the following system strategies: CPOE; e-MAR; Bar-coding and EMRs