Build vs. Buy

Today, FatWire CMS solutions have become the sensible alternative to homegrown CMS. With the eHealth Pricing Package from FatWire a Web CMS can be highly affordable and cost- effective. It can generate rapid improvements in business processes and online strategies. It can also simultaneously satisfy Web developers, administrators, and business users, as well as site visitors, in ways that more than justify the initial investment.

Element115 offers a "Best of Breed" CMS from FatWire for the Healthcare industry priced well below alternative commercial prices. When combined with eHealth Accelerator, organizations can take advantage of the benefits of an enterprise CMS with the out-of-the-box functionality of a healthcare specific application.

eHealth Accelerator can be implemented in two to three months, saving development time and expense while enabling developers to focus on other custom development projects. Business users in clinical services, research, education, marketing, PR, human resources and other departments can be managing content in a matter of months.

Your CMS is the life line for your web presence which has rapidly become very visible and critical to the business of the medical center. Calculate the time and expense associated with building your own CMS, then factor in the cost for software quality assurance testing (SQA), technical documentation, training manuals, and on-demand support. Experience has shown the IT resources in a medical center are better utilized on internal development and integration projects.

A developer's time is costly. A robust enterprise CMS will cost most organizations well into the six figures, so it is reasonable to consider building your own solution if you had the right skills. However, for healthcare providers, Content Server is being offered at a substantial savings through a URL licensing model. Consider the investment versus the time and expense to build a full featured CMS internally. For more information contact Element115.