Technology advisory for healthcare and life sciences.

Healthcare and research organizations have to modernize without interrupting care or a running experiment. Every decision is shaped by patient or research data, by privacy rules such as HIPAA, and by a threat picture that includes ransomware.

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Why continuity is the whole question.

Downtime and third parties are where healthcare technology decisions go wrong.

$1.02Maverage cost for a healthcare provider to recover from a ransomware attackSophos, State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2025
48%of breaches across industries now involve a third partyVerizon, 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report
57%of organizations say their latest major outage cost more than $100,000Uptime Institute, Annual Outage Analysis 2026

Two environments, one discipline.

Clinical and research settings carry different workloads and the same obligation not to stop.

Continuity of careSystems that cannot go down during a shift.
Patient and research dataPrivacy rules written into the requirement, not added after.
RansomwareThe attack that turns an IT problem into a clinical one.
Vendors everywhereEvery connected supplier is part of your risk.
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Clinical, operational, and IT leaders on the same sheet.

Most healthcare technology decisions stall between departments, not vendors.

We assess the current environment, align what the organization needs with its compliance obligations and budget, and evaluate providers against that. The comparison is one sheet everyone can read, so clinical, operational, and IT leaders argue about the same facts.

When the finding is that your current provider can close the gap, that is the recommendation.

  • Recovery targets matched to clinical reality
  • Third-party risk on the evaluation sheet
  • Communications that survive a site outage
  • A plan that does not interrupt a running study

How an engagement runs.

The same order in every industry. What changes is the rulebook the decision has to satisfy.

How an engagement runs 1. Diagnose: What you run, what it costs, what is at risk 2. Write the requirement: Including the rules the purchase has to satisfy 3. Compare: Every option on one sheet, the incumbent and doing nothing included 4. Decide and document: A rationale that survives an auditor, an insurer, or a board 5. Stay engaged: Through implementation, and the review six months in 1 Diagnose What you run, what itcosts, what is at risk 2 Write therequirement Including the rulesthe purchase has tosatisfy 3 Compare Every option on onesheet, the incumbentand doing nothingincluded 4 Decide and document A rationale thatsurvives an auditor,an insurer, or a board 5 Stay engaged Throughimplementation, andthe review six monthsin
  1. DiagnoseWhat you run, what it costs, what is at risk
  2. Write the requirementIncluding the rules the purchase has to satisfy
  3. CompareEvery option on one sheet, the incumbent and doing nothing included
  4. Decide and documentA rationale that survives an auditor, an insurer, or a board
  5. Stay engagedThrough implementation, and the review six months in

Questions we hear from healthcare and research teams.

The ones we hear most, with straight answers.

All questions

Do you work with HIPAA-covered organizations?

Yes. Privacy and security obligations are written into the requirement before any provider is compared, so a provider that cannot meet them never reaches the shortlist. We are not your compliance auditor; we make sure the technology decision respects the obligations you already carry.

Can modernization happen without downtime?

It can be planned around it. Sequencing, parallel running, and recovery targets agreed in advance are how a change avoids interrupting care or a running study. Sometimes the right answer is to wait for a better window.

What does a first engagement cost?

The Digital Presence and Technology Review is delivered at no charge. What follows is scoped in writing, including how we are paid, before any work starts.

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