Healthcare and Pharmaceutical

Few industries have undergone the changes experienced in Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals over the past decade. HIPPA, an aging “Baby Boomer” generation, long-term care, biotech advances, pharmaceutical mergers, and a number of other developments have compelled this industry to adapt. EDGE has supported initiatives to address these changes. EDGE professionals have assisted on a variety of IT projects aimed at implementing the business and laboratory applications necessary to achieve the strategic objectives of our valued clients in the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical arena.

Quality Assurance - Claims Processing:
EDGE provided a team of Quality Assurance professionals to manage and coordinate the testing of a new enterprise-wide claims processing and reporting system for a major Healthcare client. This long-term engagement entailed end-to-end testing of the employer services data warehouse application and all components within its advanced technology platform. Senior EDGE professionals planned and managed a team of our most experienced Quality Assurance consultants while they conducted testing on various project releases across a variety of employer services applications, thus ensuring that the implementation team delivered a quality application to the enterprise.

Management Advisory Services - e-Business Web Portal Strategic Planning:
EDGE professionals have experience providing strategic direction to Pharmaceutical clients regarding advances in the implementation of e-Business Web Portals. These Web Portals serve a variety of constituents including: internal resources, external business partners, as well as customers. EDGE consultants have extensive familiarity with the wide variety of tools sets available to implement this technology and achieve the greatest benefit and utility from it.

Advanced Application Development - Laboratory Information Management System:
EDGE consultants utilized an Advanced Application Development methodology to create a Client/Server based Laboratory Information Management System that assisted lab scientists and technicians with the tracking of material testing, including the reporting and cataloguing of results. The AAD methodology utilized an iterative approach to reduce the development life-cycle, while allowing the client to see the application develop in stages over time - much like viewing a new home as it is being constructed. The application allowed pharmaceutical scientists to create work orders to initiate a variety of testing on a material under development or review. The application then facilitated the assignment and tracking of these work orders throughout the testing process. Lab technicians recorded tests conducted, typically several per work order, as well as the associated results. When all testing was completed, the initiating scientist was notified and had online access to the testing methodologies used and the results. A reporting capability provided metrics for use by management in developing improvements to the testing process.