HealthTech September 16, 2022
Staff consolidated data centers, standardized on security and traded in multiple electronic health records systems for one.
When two healthcare organizations merge, IT integration doesn’t just happen overnight. Planning and setting realistic timelines can help the process along.
In 2014, two hospitals in Utica, N.Y., merged to become Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). A phased approach over several years helped the IT team successfully integrate operations, and even now, improvements continue.
After Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center merged, the newly combined IT department consolidated to one email system for seamless staff communication and centralized Active Directory implementations so staff from both organizations could authenticate, access applications and share data.
“Going to one email platform was the first...
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