Kurt Salmon’s Health Care IT Practice has been named a ranked provider of vendor selection services, according to the 2014 Best in KLAS: Software and Services Report. Kurt Salmon received an overall score of 94.1 out of 100 for vendor selection. The report also recognized Kurt Salmon for excellence in the planning and assessment segment, where it ranked second with an overall score of 95.9.
This is the fifth year in a row the global consultancy’s health care practice has been recognized by the independent research agency for its vendor selection services, having also been named a ranked provider in 2010 and 2011 and Category Leader in 2012 and 2013. The segment covers services ranging from vendor evaluation and contract negotiations to building workforce buy-in. The planning and assessment segment, in which the firm has also been ranked for the past several years, covers strategic planning, IT assessment, readiness assessments, workflow redesign and other services.
“There has been significant activity across the health IT vendor landscape, including M&A activity, the introduction of new offerings, maturation of existing applications and the sunsetting of aging legacy products,” said Stacy Melvin, partner and practice leader of Kurt Salmon’s Health Care IT Practice. “We’ve been proud to help our clients navigate the evolving marketplace to assist them in identifying the technology they need, particularly as they look to drive the shift to value-based care.”
Several clients surveyed by KLAS about vendor selection over the course of 2014 noted Kurt Salmon’s neutrality, and 100% of those included in the 2014 Best in KLAS: Software and Services Report said they would buy the firm’s vendor selection services again.
“What I appreciate from Kurt Salmon was them really, really knowing the market; knowing what clients were doing; knowing the vendors quite well; and maintaining neutrality but also helping us to make a decision,” one chief information officer told KLAS in August 2014.
A planning and assessment client director told KLAS in July 2014, “I have used Kurt Salmon for numerous projects since 2004. I consider them to be the most trusted of advisors. We have, without exception, received expert results and gotten more than our money’s worth with them.”
About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve health care delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of health care professionals and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. Follow KLAS on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.
About Kurt Salmon
Kurt Salmon is a global management consulting firm dedicated to building the market leaders of tomorrow. More than just partnering with our clients, we ally with them, integrating ourselves seamlessly into their organizations in order to develop innovative, customized solutions for their 21st-century business issues. Succeeding in today’s increasingly complex, consumer-driven environment is an enormous challenge. But companies need to look beyond today; they need to position themselves for continued success in the even more uncertain future. That’s where Kurt Salmon comes in. We call it delivering “Success for What’s Next.” The results are transformative.
Kurt Salmon’s North America Health Care Practice serves health care organizations that refuse to compromise between mission and business success. We partner with clients to create uniquely relevant health care organizations that transform care delivery for the 21st century. Visit http://www.kurtsalmon.com/healthcare to learn more.
* Commentary in this release was collected about Kurt Salmon’s Planning and Assessment and Vendor Selection Services by KLAS in July and August 2014. © KLAS Enterprises LLC. All rights reserved. www.KLASResearch.com.
