Ironworks has experience partnering with healthcare organizations to design, build, and support effective business and technology solutions.  We understand the key issues and business drivers affecting the healthcare industry today:

• Increased interest in consumer-driven healthcare (consumerism) – empowering consumers to proactively manage their healthcare
• Leveraging online tools for the consumer
• State-based plans to cover the under- and uninsured
• Healthcare transparency – enabling consumers to compare the quality and price of healthcare services
• Consolidation (mergers and acquisitions)
• Regulatory pressures – HIPAA and other regulatory requirements
• Public and stakeholder pressures (cutting and controlling costs)
• Shift in focus from treatment to prevention

Ironworks combines an in-depth understanding of key trends and operations within the healthcare sector and the technical expertise to develop cost-effective solutions optimizing value for employers, members, and providers.  Some of the solutions that we provide our healthcare clients include:

• Large-scale Program Management Office (PMO) for branding, product launches and innovation, and other major initiatives
• Web Strategy and Design
• Content Management Systems
• Portal Solutions
• Service-Oriented Architecture/Integration
• E-Commerce
• Knowledge Management Solutions

The following are some of the payer, provider, and non-profit healthcare organizations for whom Ironworks has delivered business and technology solutions:

• American Cancer Society
• American College of Physicians
• American Diabetes Association
• American Health Care Association
• American Heart Association
• Amerigroup
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
• Christian Children’s Fund
• Community Health Charities
• Department of Veteran Affairs (Veterans Health Administration)
• Discovery Channel (National Body Challenge)
• Duke University Clinical
  First Health Services
• Independence Blue Cross
• Infectious Diseases Society of America
• National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
• Owens & Minor
• Quintiles Transnational
• United Health Group
• United Way
• WellCare
• WellPoint