Weymouth, MA, July 10, 2013 -- Beacon Partners, a leading healthcare management consulting firm, and Information Builders, a leader in business intelligence (BI) and analytics, information integrity, and integration solutions, today announced the formation of a strategic business partnership. Information Builders provides healthcare organizations with a complete BI and analytics solution – and has now added Beacon Partners as an integral component in this effort. Beacon Partners will help its customers leverage Information Builders software to meet the integration, intelligence, and data integrity challenges of electronic medical records (EMR), clinical transformation, and consumer engagement.

The partnership teams Beacon Partners’ consulting expertise with Information Builders’ software solutions for clinical analytics, decision support, performance management, and enterprise integration, plus Omni-Patient™, a master data application that provides a single view of patient, provider, payer, workforce, and facility. Their joint mission is to help healthcare organizations overcome the challenges associated with the fragmented information architectures and produce consistent, timely, and accurate information to meet regulatory requirements, improve patient care, reduce costs, and improve evidence-based decision-making.

This relationship enables Beacon Partners to offer its healthcare customers and prospects a true end-to-end solution and robust, real-time-information-driven strategic advisory services around analytics, organizational strategy, and other services that incorporate Information Builders’ related BI, analytics, and enterprise integration software.

“With Accountable Care Organizations, ICD-10, Meaningful Use, and a more competitive market for healthcare providers, capturing actionable information from your data sources is absolutely essential,” said Ralph Fargnoli, president and CEO of Beacon Partners. “Together, we can help healthcare organizations build a strong analytics framework that will provide the data needed to improve quality of care, enhance the revenue cycle and operational effectiveness, and stay compliant with regulatory requirements.”

“Healthcare reform mandates, coupled with increasing expenses, have fostered transformation within the healthcare community. Our partnership with Beacon Partners allows us to provide powerful, efficient, and meaningful software and services solutions that will drive change across the industry,” said Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders. “Customers will receive solutions that will foster usage of information in new ways to make healthcare that much more responsive to change.”

About Beacon Partners

As one of the largest healthcare management consulting firms, Beacon Partners is chosen by organizations in the healthcare community to provide advisory services to improve overall operational, clinical and financial performance with the adoption of information technology. With a strategic approach and depth of experience, Beacon Partners is uniquely qualified to help organizations navigate the challenges in healthcare and optimize their potential to deliver the highest possible level of patient care. For more information, visit us at BeaconPartners.com, follow us on Twitter at @BeaconPartners, like us on Facebook, and visit our LinkedIn page.

About Information Builders

Information Builders helps organizations transform data into business value. Our software solutions for business intelligence and analytics, integration, and data integrity empower people to make smarter decisions, strengthen customer relationships, and drive growth. Our dedication to customer success is unmatched in the industry. That’s why tens of thousands of leading organizations rely on Information Builders to be their trusted partner. Founded in 1975, Information Builders is headquartered in New York, NY, with offices around the world, and remains one of the largest independent, privately held companies in the industry. Visit us at informationbuilders.com, follow us on Twitter at @infobldrs, like us on Facebook, and visit our LinkedIn page.