Our comprehensive Information services are tailored to address the issues facing your organization. Our services include (but are not limited to):
Strategy Development Services
Training Seminars

HIPAA Executive Awareness & Planning Seminars
A one day, on or off-site seminar designed for senior and executive management. This workshop increases HIPAA regulation awareness, including high-level strategic preparation, and providing guidance on how to achieve compliance activities.

HIPAA Assessment Training Seminars
A two or three day workshop that will enable your organization to compare HIPAA standards for transactions, code sets, National Provider Identifier, privacy and security requirements to those currently in use throughout your business. Your employees will acquire a wide-range of understanding the types of changes requisite for you to become compliant with HIPPA regulations.

A Roadmap to Compliance-Development of a Detailed Compliance Plan
HIPAA Readiness Assessment Services Border Information Group consultants lead an enterprise wide analysis to help you gauge your current acquiescence with HIPAA standards, locate enablers and develop action tactics to attain compliance. Focus will be on both business processes and application programs and databases. Your business will receive a summary of the amount of technical change and business process reengineering as well as an estimated timeline and level of effort required. This information will assist your organization in choosing appropriate solutions.

HIPAA Gap Analysis/Risk Assessment Services
As part of our comprehensive approach to HIPAA compliance, BIG consultants help your management team to identify gaps and design solutions that address significant characteristics of your business processes. The risk assessment will help to focus, identify and prioritize organizational risks associated with noncompliance to HIPAA standards. Mangers gain an appreciation of the potential risks, determine an acceptable level of risk for your organization and identify strategies to mitigate any unacceptable risk.

Systems Development & Implementation Services
Once your Compliance Plan is developed, BIG can assist in all aspects of implementing your Plan.

Analysis, designed and development of custom solutions to problems such as missing local codes or non-standard provider Identification numbers.

Selection, implementation and configuration of any needed supporting technology or infrastructure such as translators, encryption tools, etc.

Product search and recommendations on outsourced functions or services such as EDI clearinghouses, network or information systems security, and legal services. Best ways to modify or re-engineer business processes or policy such as privacy policy.

BIG ’s technology evaluation service provides companies with an independent and objective review of their use of information technology. The outcome of this appraisal process confirms what the company is doing well and identifies the processes could be improved. BIG’s approach of using candid interviews and direct inspection provides management with meaningful feedback including findings, recommendations and related cost estimates regarding:

-Network and application reliability and responsiveness
- IT department effectiveness
-System user satisfaction

Industry best practices comparisons System Evaluation & SelectionToday’s businesses face constant pressure to increase competitive advantage through the use of new technology making it paramount to choose the system which will most closely meet user needs and realize the greatest return on investment. In this area, consultant independence from the products under review and knowledge of the marketplace are essential qualifications. We uncover requirements using a “checklist approach” that assumes users know most, but not all, of what is needed. Once products are selected on a preliminary basis, validating their features against the requirements and planning for any remaining deficiencies smoothly transitions the selection process into implementation.

Information Technology Planning
Information technology planning is a process of aligning an organization’s use of information technology with management’s prioritized business objectives. The plan defines the use of information technology as an integral part of an organization’s business strategy and becomes an important resource for management to make informed decisions before investing in technology improvements.

Workflow Optimization
Many companies follow policies and procedures that were based on static or obsolete conditions. As companies and industries evolve, the flow of information and products through the workplace should be evaluated to determine if activities can be improved to produce goods and services faster, provide better customer service, or eliminate operational errors. The process of optimizing workflows begins with identifying business processes and determining whether tasks add value to the process. It’s also helpful to appraise exceptional workflows performed by leading companies called “best practices”. Converting to new information systems typically provides an excellent opportunity to evaluate current workflows and, accordingly, produces better overall results for a new system.

At BIG, our experience team of consultants have participated in a wide variety of engagements for businesses large and small. We are prepared to assist your company to meet your needs in the following areas:

HIPAA Expertise
Information Services Resource Management
Systems Analysis and Design
Network Services
E-business
Practice Management
Training Services
Web Programming
Applications Development