Q3 migrates a Healthcare ISV's Information solutions product on .NET platform

Q3's global sourcing model gives the maximum benefit to customers in terms of cost savings, improved quality, access to highly talented professionals, flexibility of operations and reduced time to market.

Company Profile

• A recognized industry leader in providing knowledge-driven, end-to-end information solutions to the healthcare industry in US and Canada.

Business Situation

The client has a flagship product that enables patient clinical recording and monitoring. It required this product to be migrated to a web-based solution (.NET) to provide doctors the flexibility of accessing patient information anywhere/anytime. Since .NET was a nascent technology, the major challenge the client faced was to get a pool of technically qualified .NET resources. Q3 was uniquely positioned to address the client's challenges due to:

• Expertise in the area of .NET
• Proven delivery capability
• Proven technology capabilities which helped identify the pros and cons of the solution at both the architectural and technical levels.

Solution

Q3's solution was based on a proven methodology for execution of such projects. A proof-of concept approach was used, which was highly successful and resulted in more projects for Q3. The following summarizes the solution approach:

• Study and validate the .NET architecture created by the client
• Creation of Web Prototypes/Proof-of-concepts to clearly define requirements
• Migrate / Convert the existing applications to the .NET application
• Maintain the existing C/S rich GUI functionality when migrating to the new application
• Reuse and extension of the existing MS SQL server database structures.

Benefits

Legacy transformation to web environment to facilitate any-time, anywhere access to patient information

• Robust scaleable architecture platform for future growth
• Rapid time-to-market
• Significant cost savings through leverage of Q3's global delivery model
• Robust Quality