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HCTec developed a comprehensive transition strategy for a 35-hospital, Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) with over 13,000 employees across several states, including implementation of full help desk services across clinical and technical support areas as well as patient portal support. With careful planning, we supported the migration of IT support functions to HCTec with in-depth reviews conducted for system risks and points of possible failure.

The upfront planning uncovered phone system technology risks put in place by an earlier IT services provider. HCTec developed contingency plans should the phone technology fail and moved forward with the overall IT support plans.

The client needed to quickly move forward with HCTec’s managed IT services, deciding to keep the phone system technology in place through the transition. HCTec backup systems were put in place.

Full help desk support covering Clinical and Non-Clinical Application and Patient Portal Support migrated to HCTec within three weeks and service-level agreement (SLA) metrics were being met in week one of implementation. The day following the go-live date, the telephone technology which had concerned HCTec engineers failed. The contingency plan was activated. Within a few hours, the client was migrated to the new HCTec communications platform and all services were back in place.

HCTec fields roughly 5,500 IT service calls per month for the client with less than 2% abandoned call rates, less than 20 seconds time to answer, and the IT support service enhancements consistently delivered. The experience underscores the HCTec approach, planning for risks directly and indirectly associated with managed IT services transitions.

Client: Midwestern Healthcare Integrated Delivery Network (IDN)

Industry: Healthcare

Client Scope: Multi-facility IDN with over 35 hospitals across several states with 13,000 employees

Issue: Migration of large-scale help desk services to Talon encountering a legacy phone technology failure

HCTec Services Delivered: Clinical and Non-Clinical Application Support, It Consulting, Patient Portal Support, and Shared Help Desk Support.

Process:

Client Comment: We were really impressed with HCTec and the implementation and migration process leading to immediately recognized service improvement, but we were amazed at how they handled the telecommunications failure with contingency planning that prevented it from derailing the migration.

Resolution: Managed IT services for Clinical and Non-Clinical Application Support and Patient Portal Support are meeting and exceeding SLA metrics with overall service delivery, supporting the IDN’s IT mission and plans.