Parag Vishnoi

Parag Vishnoi

Deloitte Consulting
Parag Vishnoi, vice president in Deloitte Consulting, leads the customer practice in Hyderabad, India. An accomplished customer management specialist with multi-continent experience in business, Parag is acknowledged as a leading expert and thought leader in customer-transformation.
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    Posted on 2010-08-14

    Consumer-driven health care is on a rise ; the consumer is demanding for accurate and timely customer service. Poor health care services are driving patients to switch health care providers, leading to inefficiency, higher costs and lower quality of care.

    The changing demand preferences have forced the health care organizations to focus on front-office CRM processes. Enable the creation and customization of health plans for patients, permit patients online access to manage their own healthcare and act as a system of record to better control their healthcare activities, costs and benefits.

    Siebel Systems continues to be the lions share leader among healthcare. Oracle, Aspect Software, Cerner, Lawson and Avaya round up the second tier. SAP, Onyx, Talisma and Microsoft bring up the third tier.

    CRM software in healthcare inherits the typical software implementation challenges and more. Patient confidentiality must be assured beyond a shadow of a doubt. HIPAA...

  • 2 comments 5,004 reads
    Posted on 2007-09-03

    The key factors that decide the appropriateness of a CRM deployment, whether on-site or hosted include the amount of integration required, customer processes, and the extent of operations required for a fruitful customer interaction.

    An on-demand solution can be useful in scenarios where customer relationships are managed largely by the sales department which functions more or less as an independent entity.

    Companies in which customer relationship management is intertwined with the working of several departments including the company contact center are better served by opting for an on-site CRM solution that is more suited for the level of integration required with large organizations.

    Since customer tastes and needs are dynamic, a company needs to evolve its business processes constantly to be able to fulfill customer expectations. To do this it needs a customer process solution that helps it to compete in terms of cost, products, and service level. This...