Your Solution for Customer Centric, Professional Healthcare Project Management

VCS Differentiators:

1. PEOPLE - VCS Project Managers are extraordinarily experienced and PMI certified or working towards certification.

2. EXPERIENCE - Cross functionally trained, each has over 10 years healthcare experience with broad IT application and solution exposure. We are able to visualize opportunities� for tighter integration and process optimization to deliver successful results.

3. METHODOLOGY - VCS� Methodology based on best practices is elegantly simple, helping you to manage the project, not complicate it.

4. WebShare REPOSITORY - Customer accessible web library of all project materials including status reports, minutes, project plan and other project documents.

 

Leadership:

 

Marc Hirshfield possesses over 10 years of experience in the healthcare industry with seven years as a principal consultant and project manager for Siemens Medical Solutions, Health Services Corporation. Marc specializes in the project management of software products, services and technologies for both acute and non-acute healthcare settings. He holds an MBA in Healthcare Administration and Post Master�s in Management Information Systems. Marc is currently the Practice Director for the Project Management Practice.�

 

Marc is PMP certified and also a board member for PMI�s Healthcare SIG.� In Marc�s experience he has found that 78% of all projects ultimately miss their mark due to poor project planning.� This deficiency results in low project team morale, potential cost overruns, and decreased likelihood for successful project outcomes.� VCS� experienced PM�s, our Methodology and WebShare Repository will enable you to focus on what you do best�provide quality healthcare for your patients while we guide the success of your IT enabled solutions.

 

Contracting:

Fixed Fee based on partnership scope agreement including qualified project timeframe and deliverables.

Time and Materials based on tiered experience level rate structure.�

 

Contact us to discuss your current and future needs or to check out our WebShare Repository.

 

Subject Matter Experts:

�John Smaling, Principal (610) 212-0116

�Marc Hirshfield, Practice Director (484) 883-8909

Considerations:

1. How many of your current projects are not meeting your expectations?

2. Do you feel that you have current information on each of your projects?

3. Do you have a standard methodology to follow for your IT projects?

4. Do you have an accessible library of best practice tools for implementations?

5. Do you see any advantages to sourcing� PM�s from anywhere other than the IT vendor?

6. Have you thought about implementing a PM training initiative within your organization?

7. Are you considering building a PMO?