What You Should Know:
– Clearsense®, a cloud-based data enablement platform company, and Nordic®, a global healthcare consulting firm announced a strategic collaboration to offer the industry’s only end-to-end solution for Application Portfolio Management (APM).
– The partnership is designed to help health systems assess, prioritize, and eliminate redundant or outdated software applications, unlocking immediate savings and modernizing their IT infrastructure.
Addressing the Challenge of Application Sprawl
Over the past decade, digital transformation and consolidation have left many health systems managing hundreds—and often thousands—of applications. According to Gartner, an estimated 20 to 30 percent of IT systems in merged health systems are duplicative or obsolete, which can drain resources, introduce cybersecurity risks, and slow innovation. Most organizations, however, lack the bandwidth or infrastructure to address this application sprawl effectively.
The Clearsense-Nordic partnership offers a true turnkey model, designed specifically for medium- to large-sized healthcare systems with complex IT environments. The collaboration combines the distinct strengths of both organizations:
- Nordic brings deep advisory expertise and a managed service approach to APM, providing application rationalization, cross-functional governance, and repeatable decommissioning processes.
- Clearsense complements this with its secure, scalable 1Clearsense data enablement platform, which automates the extraction, migration, and active archiving of data while maintaining real-time, unified access for users.
“Health systems are under intense pressure to do more with less while preparing for a more connected, AI-driven future,” said Jason Z. Rose, CEO of Clearsense. “APM is a proven way to unlock immediate savings and modernize infrastructure—but many organizations stall out due to limited internal bandwidth and the complexity of retiring systems at scale. Our collaboration with Nordic removes those barriers, offering a fast, structured, and scalable path forward.”
