Across the nation's health care system is an increasing emphasis on integrating electronic health records into care delivery processes. For smaller health care provider enterprises, especially long term care providers, this trend is fostering an upcoming challenge. The advancing technology will necessitate adopting very different ways of recording, exchanging and managing personal medical information of those under care, and the changes will be pervasive.

Massachuesetts' state law asserts that a business or organization retaining Personal Identity Information for an individual is responsible for ensuring that such information always remains secure and confidential. Policies and practices must fulfill specific requirements spelled out in Massachusett's Regulatory Code 201 CMR 17.00. It includes policy documentation, staff and contractor training, data encryption, and ongoing monitoring.

The availability of seasoned, professional project management skills is a constant challenge for many small and medium enterprises. This is expecially so when it comes to information technology initiatives, where costs may be high, impacts substantial, and risks potentially devastating. When capable full-time staffers are operating at or near their capacity, it's very difficult to determine which priorities to revise, so that attention can be diverted to getting a new project underway.

As a managed IT services provider, Augury's goal is to ensure customer satisfaction through technical expertise and capabilities of the highest caliber, and that are easily accessed. Our model also benefits our customers in allowing them to avoid or defer the fixed costs of developing and maintaining a full-time staff of IT specialists. Through a tailored Service Level Agreement we spell out the business and technical performance that each customer can expect from our service.