Five Elements of Successful Vendor Partnerships for Your Company

By Sarah D. Patterson | December 11, 2020

Successful project management requires a team of trusted advisors and vendors to keep up with ever-shifting trends and meet the unique needs of the business and each of its clients. Building these partnerships with marketing consultants, IT consultants, and others takes time. My fifteen years in program management, procurement, and entrepreneurship in the Greater Los…

Keeping Talent Through Effective Change Management

By Sarah D. Patterson | October 26, 2020

As we all know, IT and Data Projects change everything for employees sometimes for the better or for worse?   Why worse?  Well, the job requirements could completely change for them and it’s not exploiting their strengths anymore. However. Then you start to see the operations breakdown, company revenues drop, and disagreements among once friendly employees.…

The Future of Healthcare and Reshaping How We Do Business

By Sarah D. Patterson | April 21, 2020

I would be taking a major risk by telling you the future, so let me start first by telling you what people are saying and give a hint into what the future could hold.  What are people are saying? After listening in to numerous conversations such as Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and…

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The Evolution of the PBM Industry

By Sarah D. Patterson | June 15, 2018

The Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) industry is only about 40-years old. It was first conceived back in the 1970s and took off in the early 1980s. Today, it continues to develop due to the pharmacy electronic transacting capability and an increased demand for pharmaceutical drugs. The key players tapping into this new market early on…