OnDemand IT Environment
On demand technology at your service.
When you subscribe to software as a service, you'll experience a quantum leap in time-to-value. In the same way health care is experiencing radical change, the software industry is experiencing a similar disruptive transformation -and one that creates a great opportunity for MedeFinance clients. Application software implementations used to require on-site teams of programmers and consultants, computer hardware, databases, networking gear and programming tools. Several months or sometimes years were required to understand user requirements, build and test the systems, train the users and achieve the sought-after benefits. Worse yet, the hidden costs of these systems - maintenance, bug fixes, performance tuning, etc. - continued to add to the IT departments' burden and budget. In the 1990's, software packages and ERP systems accelerated the timelines and reduced some of this risk, but still introduced significant cost and IT resources, and may even increase the support changes as new vendor releases needed to be absorbed and deployed by IT staff. This is the world of "on premise" software, built and maintained at the client's premises, by the health system IT staff and vendors. A fresh approach has emerged, providing software applications "on demand". Leveraging web technology, next-generation software applications provide a health system secure, immediate access to an IT environment that has already been built. There is no risk of build-out failure. It's available today, if you have a browser and Internet connection. If you can buy a book online from Amazon.com, you have the technology architecture you need to run MedeFinance. Rather than waiting months or years for the system to be built, we just turn on an instance of the system for you. You provide us with access to your accounting data file or files, and you're up and running in weeks or days - and impacting your financial performance positively within the first quarter of use. Want a different view of the information, or a different performance metric? No problem. 85% of the change requests we get from customers are implemented in less than a week. We can customize the system to meet your specific needs, as long as you have the underlying data we'd need to get you there. MedeFinance employs the latest on demand technologies for security, scalability, and reliability. We built the Performance OnDemand service with HIPAA in mind from day one. Our applications combine best-of-breed Internet tools and technologies with a powerful multi-tiered architecture to optimize performance and flexibility. They also embrace today's leading data storage technologies with high-end data protection and redundancy platforms. Our clients connect to our advanced, instantly available, and secure IT environment through a web browser. This agile, on demand infrastructure is scalable throughout the extended enterprise across a variety of systems and does not require IT capital investments. This ensures our clients achieve low project and application risk with successful deployments in less time than a traditional on-premise enterprise software selection project, let alone the time it takes for an on-premise implementation. With MedeFinance, you achieve a more rapid time to value at much lower risk. Our on demand approach, coupled the healthcare experience of our client services team, is the proven cost-effective alternative to building your own solution or integrating a new business intelligence platform. On demand technology extends the useful life of your existing transaction systems. Plus, routine maintenance and upgrades are our responsibility - not your IT department's burden. New operating system? We deal make it work. New database patch? We take care of it. New browser to support? We test and certify it. MedeFinance frees your IT resources to focus on their primary mission of supporting the organization in delivering patient care. You'll enjoy lower total cost of ownership, higher flexibility, better service, and more value with on demand performance management. And you leave the code maintenance and system support to us. Your IT department has better things to do.