What we offer
What Do We Do?
We provide strategic and advisory IT services to health care
organizations. We specialize in Electronic Health Records and other
large scale health information systems. Types of services we
offer includes:
- Electronic Health Records and "Meaningful Use" Assistance
- Systems Review and Assessment
- Strategic and Tactical Planning
- Vendor Evaluation and Selection
- Contract Negotiations
- Implementation Planning
- Implementation Management and Assistance
- IT Managaement
- HIPAA Assistance
- Industry Education
- General Problem Solving And Special Projects
- Strategic assistance to healthcare IT industry suppliers and
investors
Who Do We Help?
We have helped a wide variety of health care related
organizations such as:
- Hospitals and Integrated Delivery Networks
- Physician offices and practices
- Managed care organizations such as PPO's, Taft Hartley Fund
health plans, and Employer Owned Clinics
- Government based organizations such as Correctional Facility
Health Care Units, County Departments of Health, federal
agencies and health ministries
- RHIO's/HIE's
- Professional and educational organizations/associations
- Product and service companies as software vendors,
pharmaceutical firms, investment bankers, law firms etc
While the vast majority of our clients are throughout the
continental United States, we have worked extensively in China, and
also have experience in Africa, Europe and Latin America
Why Use MRCCG
- Our knowledge and experience: We use only
highly experienced health care consultants. No rookies or health
care novices to train at your expense.
- Our focus: We work exclusively in healthcare
IT and health information management related areas. We understand
provider needs, the healthcare IT market and the vendors serving
it.
- Our Objectivity: We sell only consulting
services; not software, hardware or any other products that could
present a conflict of interest. We have no "side arrangements" with
vendors to implement their products, or to potentially compromise
our independence.
- Our Flexibility: We tailor our tools and
methodologies to each client's needs, tempering them with our
experience, as well as the specific needs, desires and budget of
the client.
- Our Practicality: Our advice is tailored to
the needs and risk profile of our clients. Most providers have a
pragmatic and practical approach towards IT. We can get creative
and take you to the leading (bleeding) edge - but only if that is
where you want to go.
- Small Jobs and Large Jobs: We work with you to
define the proper scope and size of the project. Many of our
projects are brief and highly focused. No pressure to sell large
jobs and keep large numbers of consultants busy.
- Xanax for Health Care Executives:
We reduce the anxiety of making and implementing major IT
decisions.
Recent News
We are pleased to announce the following recent events:
- MRC Consulting Group has been selected as a preferred
consulting partner for the Northern Illinois Physicians
for Connectivity (NIPFC). In this capacity we are ready to assist
physicians and provider groups in selecting, contracting,
implementing, and achieving meaningful use of EHR systems and other
healthcare information technology
- MRC Consulting Group has been selected as a vetted
consultant for the Northeast Satellite Office of the
Illinois Health Information Technology Regional
Extension Center (IL-HITREC). In this capacity we will be
subcontracting to the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council
(MCHC) to assist healthcare providers in achieving the
meaningful use of EHR
- Mike Cohen has been become a Certified Consultant for the Meaningful Use Monitor (MUM) program and
successfully completed a meaningful use assessment project using
it. MUM is a comprehensive set of tools used to assist providers in
tracking requirements, developing plans to achieve MU, monitoring
readiness to attest to MU, and monitoring ongoing MU
compliance.
Select Articles
"Quirks of EP Medicaid
Incentives, Is it the Right Choice for You?": Describes the EHR
Incentive option that physicians have to select either Medicare or
Medicaid incentives - with some pleasant surprises for physicians
with a modest Medicaid patient base. Posted on March 27, 2011
in Dr. Stasia Sands-Kahn's "EMR Survival - Ask the
Expert" blog.
"The Best Tips and Techniques for Electronic Medical Records
for 2011 - What Doctors Need to Know": a webinar hosted by
ExecSense on December 21, 2010.
A Community View: How Personal Health Records Can
Improve Patient Care and Outcomes in Many Healthcare
Settings; published by Northern Illinois University
Regional Development Institute (RDI). Mike Cohen was a
contributing author to this book that discusses how Personal
Health Records can contribute to patient safety. It
addresses key requirements, and issues from eleven differing
healthcare perspectives.
Click here for a free pdf copy
Rhode
Island Streamlines With Electronic Health Records; by
Joseph R. Marocco and Pauline M. Marcussen; published in
Correctional Health Perspectives. This article
describes the process Rhode Island Department of
Corrections (RIDOC) used in planning, selecting and
implementing their EHR. Mike Cohen/MRC Consulting Group
provided a great deal of assistance to RIDOC and is the
consultant referred to in the article.
Tips from a consultant to recognize
vaporware during a buying process
Negotiating a Winning EHR
Contract; presentation at TEPR
Vendor
Selection Tips; Presentation to HIMSS Task Force
If there are other articles you would like to see that are not
currently linked above, please feel free to contact us.