Fulcrum Methods: What We Do

Cost and quality pressures, resource constraints and process complexity are stressing the health care system at all levels. Fulcrum Methods provides the management tools and proficiency development that surround a health care organization's response to these challenges.

What Is a Fulcrum Method?

A Fulcrum Method is a comprehensive approach and toolset to manage a change initiative, program, or project. Current Fulcrum Methods focus on information technology projects and change management initiatives.

A Fulcrum Method is used by program and project resources as well as line personnel and staff to plan, initiate and manage information technology projects and change initiatives. The toolset is versatile and flexible, and can be customized by an organization for specific needs or used as is.

Work Plans
The core of a Fulcrum Method, each work plan is subject matter specific and includes pre-established dependencies, durations, deliverables, resource estimates and quality control checkpoints.

Guidebooks
Each Fulcrum Method comes with a Guidebook, a step-by-step “How To” manual, for completing individual work plan tasks. Steps also include detailed instructions for utilizing Fulcrum Method tools, sample deliverables and templates as well as useful tips for successful execution.

Sample Deliverables
Documents, spreadsheets, presentations and database templates required for successful execution. Tools are included for governance, control, reporting, risk management, daily management and oversight. Sample deliverables include process charts, committee charters, analysis spreadsheets, request for proposals, final deliverables, design and testing forms, and issue tracking logs.

Fulcrum Methods
Our healthcare information technology tools currently cover the following topics:



			"In the six years that I was CIO/VP at Columbus Regional Hospital, we planned and implemented 16 major installs and every one made the budget and go-live of the original plan." Tim Tarnowski, CIO University of Kentucky Medical Center

			"Fulcrum VSM has helped us navigate through the complexities of our vendor selection and acquisition and guided us toward the product that best met our goals and needs. In the process, it educated our project team members on product capabilities, industry best practices and alternative implementation scenarios to maximize our benefits and limit our costs and risks." Katherine Sorenson Vice President Practice Management John Muir Physician Network Walnut Creek, CA

			"There is a lot being said about the need to get things done in information technology. Fulcrum is a tool that gets things done. It takes you from talk to action." Craig Castro, CEO Community Medical Centers - Clovis Campus

			"We have used Fulcrum for many projects and I have confidence that the results will consistently be high quality." Gayle Yeakle, Former CIO Children's Hospital and Health Center San Diego, CA

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Fulcrum Methods is a proficiency development company focused on the health care industry. We license, implement and train on methodologies that manage information technology and change management initiatives. Our approach delivers immediate value to health care organizations while developing sustained core competencies.