Case Studies AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group: Saving Community Oncology

Edit This Case Study Record

	AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group: Saving Community Oncology

AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group: Saving Community Oncology

Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals Software
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Regulatory Compliance Monitoring Remote Asset Management
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Steve Hamann, VP of Technology at IntrinsiQ, led the organization in building a new cloud product offering from the ground up. Balancing time-to-market deadlines and regulatory compliance needs while leveraging the organization’s existing skills and assets was a complicated initiative. Hamann had to come up with an implementation plan to ensure that IntrinsiQ could execute on their technical vision without distracting the internal development team from focusing on their own technology. Given the mission-critical nature of software servicing oncology clinics, Hamann needed to identify a technology solution that placed emphasis on stability and quality while not compromising on value. After poring through numerous services and technology solutions, Hamann found only one company who could deliver the cloud value it promised: Apprenda. Read More
About Customer	As part of the AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, IntrinsiQ leads the healthcare industry in developing state-of-the-art oncology-focused software. Through their customer-facing application offerings, IntelliDose and IntrinsiQ Data, IntrinsiQ provides oncology practices with intelligence on every aspect of patient cancer care - from treatment decisions to drug administration. The advent of cloud computing created a new world of market opportunities for IntrinsiQ. But they had to embrace technology advances and evolve their product model in order to take advantage of them. Focusing on the mantra “saving community oncology”, IntrinsiQ realized that in order to deliver on the vision of democratized access to world-class oncology solutions, their software had to become scalable and fit today’s cloud delivery model. Read More
Solution	By leveraging Apprenda as their PaaS, IntrinsiQ was able to focus their team on the core IntrinsiQ application functionality and launch their new customer-facing cloud application 18 months sooner than they had originally anticipated. Their team of oncology software experts achieved high levels of productivity by focusing on their software and leaving the complexity of cloud architecture to the Apprenda PaaS. In addition, Apprenda’s out-of-the-box management portals, and systems for application scaling, end-user provisioning, metering, and more, gave IntrinsiQ a huge advantage. They now had far less code to maintain ongoing, and were able to provide all relevant parties across central IT with access to the tools they need to work together more efficiently. “Using Apprenda as our private PaaS was the best way to get to market on schedule, and was the only PaaS we found that truly made us more productive,“ said Hamann. In leveraging the Apprenda PaaS, IntrinsiQ remains competitive and continues to fulfill its role of delivering cutting edge oncology solutions to its growing customer base of more than 700 oncology clinics. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Software

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Regulatory Compliance Monitoring

Remote Asset Management

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Steve Hamann, VP of Technology at IntrinsiQ, led the organization in building a new cloud product offering from the ground up. Balancing time-to-market deadlines and regulatory compliance needs while leveraging the organization’s existing skills and assets was a complicated initiative. Hamann had to come up with an implementation plan to ensure that IntrinsiQ could execute on their technical vision without distracting the internal development team from focusing on their own technology. Given the mission-critical nature of software servicing oncology clinics, Hamann needed to identify a technology solution that placed emphasis on stability and quality while not compromising on value. After poring through numerous services and technology solutions, Hamann found only one company who could deliver the cloud value it promised: Apprenda.

About Customer

As part of the AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, IntrinsiQ leads the healthcare industry in developing state-of-the-art oncology-focused software. Through their customer-facing application offerings, IntelliDose and IntrinsiQ Data, IntrinsiQ provides oncology practices with intelligence on every aspect of patient cancer care - from treatment decisions to drug administration. The advent of cloud computing created a new world of market opportunities for IntrinsiQ. But they had to embrace technology advances and evolve their product model in order to take advantage of them. Focusing on the mantra “saving community oncology”, IntrinsiQ realized that in order to deliver on the vision of democratized access to world-class oncology solutions, their software had to become scalable and fit today’s cloud delivery model.

Solution

By leveraging Apprenda as their PaaS, IntrinsiQ was able to focus their team on the core IntrinsiQ application functionality and launch their new customer-facing cloud application 18 months sooner than they had originally anticipated. Their team of oncology software experts achieved high levels of productivity by focusing on their software and leaving the complexity of cloud architecture to the Apprenda PaaS. In addition, Apprenda’s out-of-the-box management portals, and systems for application scaling, end-user provisioning, metering, and more, gave IntrinsiQ a huge advantage. They now had far less code to maintain ongoing, and were able to provide all relevant parties across central IT with access to the tools they need to work together more efficiently. “Using Apprenda as our private PaaS was the best way to get to market on schedule, and was the only PaaS we found that truly made us more productive,“ said Hamann. In leveraging the Apprenda PaaS, IntrinsiQ remains competitive and continues to fulfill its role of delivering cutting edge oncology solutions to its growing customer base of more than 700 oncology clinics.

Impact #1	IntrinsiQ was able to focus their team on core application functionality and launch their new customer-facing cloud application 18 months sooner than anticipated.
Impact #2	Their team of oncology software experts achieved high levels of productivity by focusing on their software and leaving the complexity of cloud architecture to the Apprenda PaaS.
Impact #3	Apprenda’s out-of-the-box management portals and systems for application scaling, end-user provisioning, and metering provided a significant advantage.

Impact #1

IntrinsiQ was able to focus their team on core application functionality and launch their new customer-facing cloud application 18 months sooner than anticipated.

Impact #2

Their team of oncology software experts achieved high levels of productivity by focusing on their software and leaving the complexity of cloud architecture to the Apprenda PaaS.

Impact #3

Apprenda’s out-of-the-box management portals and systems for application scaling, end-user provisioning, and metering provided a significant advantage.

Benefit #1	18 month acceleration in time to market.
Benefit #2	50% reduction in capital investment.
Benefit #3	80% more developer productivity via platform services and the Cloud Application Framework.

Benefit #1

18 month acceleration in time to market.

Benefit #2

50% reduction in capital investment.

Benefit #3

80% more developer productivity via platform services and the Cloud Application Framework.

Download PDF Version

Overview

AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group: Saving Community Oncology

Operational Impact

Quantitative Benefit