Areas of Expertise Customer Profiling | Education | Healthcare Management Housing and Related Research | Real Estate and Relocation Veterans Healthcare Management Econsys’ Healthcare Consulting Team focuses on assisting healthcare leaders in their strategic decision-making, planning and management analyses, and organizational management. Some of our specific areas of expertise include: •      Business planning & decision support •      Market analysis & forecasting •      Human resource analysis & planning •      Revenue cycle management •      Capital asset planning •      Customer relations management •      Performance assessment & measurement •      Clinical & business process evaluation & optimization •      Workflow optimization •      Cost-Effectiveness Studies •      Health information technology •      Utilization review Recent Team Engagements The EconSys Team has recently been engaged in several projects providing healthcare management support for the Department of Veterans Affairs, listed below. Additional description of some of these projects is provided under the heading of Veterans in this Capabilities Statement. •      Target Plan and Implementation Framework for Blood Availability and         Safety Information System (BASIS) •      Evaluation of the Operations of the Allocation Resource Center,         Department of Veterans Affairs •      Development of Capital Investment Methodology, Department of         Veterans Affairs •      Inpatient Professional Fee Backlog Assistance, Department of         Veterans Affairs •      Analysis and Redesign of the Geographic Distribution of Expenditures         (GDX) and Federal Assistance Awards Data System (FAADS)         Reporting Systems, Department of Veterans Affairs •      Evaluation of Pilot Tests for Alternative Healthcare Revenue Collection         Models, Department of Veterans Affairs •      Study of the Nurse Locality Pay System within the Veterans Health         Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs Monitoring the Nation’s Supply and Demand for Blood In response to growing concern about the adequacy of the Nation's blood supply and faced with limited information upon which to respond effectively to blood shortages, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) commissioned this study to prepare the way for a comprehensive, federally-managed blood monitoring system. EconSys evaluated the Federal government’s existing capabilities to monitor the supply and utilization of whole blood and blood components. On the basis of this evaluation, EconSys developed a target plan and implementation framework for a new blood monitoring system designed to enhance DHHS information-gathering and policy-making. This plan is currently being used as the blueprint for the Blood Availability and Safety Information System (BASIS), which is currently under development. EconSys will provide technical services and oversight during the development, testing and implementation of BASIS.