2008-05-27 23:53:17 -

www.beaconpartners.com/ - Beacon Partners Tracy Hartman, 978-462-0002 x103 thartman@beaconpartners.com Healthcare management consulting firm Beacon Partners, Inc., today launched iCorridor, its Windows-based application integration platform that provides connectivity to disparate applications throughout the healthcare community.

"Our clients are constantly challenged with application interoperability," said Ralph P. Fargnoli, Jr., president and CEO of Beacon Partners. "Integration continues to be one of

the top three concerns of healthcare CIOs and the growing demand for EMR connectivity to the acute care setting has added even greater urgency to the problem. iCorridor is a solution to their needs that allows for rapid deployment of integration projects that support EHR interoperability, data migration and information exchanges between various distributed enterprise-wide vendor applications."

Continues Fargnoli, "iCorridor is ideal for organizations planning to connect to a RHIO with multiple systems or looking to integrate data from an EHR to a practice management system."

iCorridor is an enhanced offering included under Beacon Partners' Healthcare Enterprise Technologies practice. Mitch Paine, director at Beacon Partners and veteran of the healthcare industry, will head the Enterprise Technologies practice.

iCorridor is comprised of four separate, yet integrated modules.

-- Adapters - components used to connect iCorridor with external systems and act as a corridor between those systems.

-- DataMapper - component that provides transformation services for iCorridor.

-- MessageEngine - federated message broker allowing applications to publish messages that can be subscribed to by other applications.

-- DataStreams - designed for acquiring and delivering data to applications through screen-scraping.

As part of iCorridor, Beacon Partners offers Integration Services that include:

-- Connectivity Analysis - an analysis of an organization's current and future application integration requirements.

-- Interoperability Strategy - development of a comprehensive interoperability plan to address internal and external application integration requirements.

-- Application Integration Selection/Deployment - helping select and/or deploy new or expanded connectivity technology utilizing Beacon Partners' extensive experience with complex application integration solutions.

-- Interoperability Development - developing and installing effective application integration solutions with equal focus on the dynamics of internal application integration requirements as well as the physician and hospital relationship.

-- Integration As A Service (IAAS) - providing a completely hosted, enterprise-wide application integration solution as a fee-based service.

About Beacon Partners

Beacon Partners coaches organizations in the Healthcare Community on the development of strategies that maximize Enterprise Yield(TM) - the alignment of people, processes and technologies. To achieve top levels of performance, a healthcare provider must factor strategic direction, physician alignment, economic incentives and overall market impact. Beacon Partners has proven that focusing on these critical success factors will strengthen an organization from its core outward and improve patient experience.

Beacon Partners, the only firm in the industry that provides a satisfaction guarantee, has offices in Boston, San Francisco, and Toronto, and is one of the fastest growing privately-held firms in healthcare management consulting. Please visit www.beaconpartners.com and Beacon Partners' special healthcare information portal, www.spotlightonhealthcare.com.

iCorridor provides connectivity between disparate applications
throughout the healthcare community