{"id":8221,"date":"2025-10-13T15:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthasyst.com\/healthcare-it-services\/?p=8221"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:57:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:27:58","slug":"re-engineering-a-legacy-system-to-cut-costs-by-500k-and-improving-processing-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthasyst.com\/healthcare-it-services\/re-engineering-a-legacy-system-to-cut-costs-by-500k-and-improving-processing-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-Engineering a Legacy system to Cut Costs by $500K and Improving Processing Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8221\" class=\"elementor elementor-8221\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-marvy_enable_drop_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_fancy_rotate=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_flying_object=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_ripples_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_waves_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_rings_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_topology_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_gradient_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_snow_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_firework_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_cloud_animation=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f6063b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"2f6063b7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d276f91 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"4d276f91\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-466d1459 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"466d1459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The customer, a subsidiary of a leading U.S.-based health insurance company, is an analytics solutions and services provider that helps healthcare stakeholders enhance clinical outcomes and reduce costs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-marvy_enable_drop_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_fancy_rotate=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_flying_object=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_ripples_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_waves_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_rings_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_topology_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_gradient_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_snow_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_firework_animation=\"false\" data-marvy_enable_cloud_animation=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2668126e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"2668126e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60507908 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"60507908\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ddabf2d exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ddabf2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Need<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-271edf87 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"271edf87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The customer\u2019s population health platform helped health plans, hospitals, ACOs, providers and employers. 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