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…
Post-Merger Lessons: How One Health System Integrated Its IT Operations
