HCIC Business Partners
The following business partners work with us on projects and bring additional expertise and staffing to our clients:
Beacon Healthcare Consulting
Beacon Healthcare Consulting brings professionals with strong clinical information experience, as well direct patient care expertise. Their track record of project management of clinical implementations and product development projects can position a client for successful clinical transformation.
- Marina Douglas, RN, MS, Principal
- Brenda Wright, RN, MS, Principal
Brandywine Health Systems Consultants

Brandywine HealthSystems provides results-driven consulting for healthcare providers and suppliers.
The hallmark of Brandywine HealthSystems is providing our clients with high value consulting services which improve their operations and bottom line.
- Mark Gross, President
Brickhouse Martin Healthcare Engineering
B•MHE is a management and technology consulting group dedicated to helping clients gain insight and maintain focus on improvement opportunities. We are a woman-owned, small business specializing in service to healthcare organizations.
Since April 1991, B•MHE has provided the health care community with consulting services to help clients manage the momentum of change.
- Sharon Brickhouse Martin, President
Capital Healthcare Group, LLC (CHG)
A healthcare consulting firm specializing in providing expert consultants and teams who work with providers to achieve excellent outcomes. CHG, founded in 1999, provides health care management expertise including accreditation preparation and survey follow-up, operations assistance, design of quality improvement programs, outcome measures, sales and marketing, as well as business start up.
- Mary Ellen Conway, President
Computer Network Architects, Inc.
Computer Network Architects, Inc. (CNA) provides expert and independent systems integration assistance to healthcare organizations. CNA is one of the most experienced consulting firms specializing in Systems Integration Consulting.
- Michael L. Glickman, President
Electronic Consulting Services, Inc. (ECS)
Headquartered in Fairfax VA with offices around the country, ECS uses structured processes to ensure the highest levels of quality, as evidenced by their ISO 9001:2000 registration and software development methodologies at the SEI's CMMI Level 3. Founded by experienced information technology professionals, the management team prides itself on providing quality services and support, client-focused business practices, client satisfaction, prudent cost management and reliable performance.
- Jackie Marsteller,
Senior Vice President, IT Services Division
Enterprise Solutions Group
The mission of Enterprise Solutions Group (ESG), is to solve business problems through the implementation of real world solutions. They accomplish this by leveraging a variety of skills and expertise developed through years of experience. ESG has extensive expertise in assisting healthcare providers, managed care organizations, pharmaceutical firms, device manufacturers, and research organizations.
- Kathryn A. Whitmore, Principal
Five Star Development Inc.
Five Star Development Inc. enables clients to execute strategy by helping them achieve and sustain high-performance organizations. In healthcare, Five Star specifically focuses on identifying and removing obstacles hindering clinician buy-in and engagement for critical strategies to improve patient care. Five Star successfully engages hospital leadership in the process of executing technology, process/quality improvement, and people strategies by providing consulting and development services tailored to meet their client’s needs.
- Lou Camerlengo, President
Maestro Strategies LLC.
A nationally recognized healthcare management consulting firm specializing in technology driven change, information technology strategy and value improvement projects for health care providers.
- Pam Arlotto, President & CEO
MaxIT
MaxIT excels in aligning the client's strategic business objectives with the proper learning technology. We take the time to understand the needs of our clients. We deliver real results that reduce cost and risk, increase productivity and quality and enable exciting and inspiring ways to get work done. With MaxIT you have the security of working with an established, financially solid company that knows its business well and attacks each day with the passion and enthusiasm of loving what we do.
- Suzanne Jenkins, Regional Vice President
McBee Associates, Inc.
A recognized leader in providing managerial and financial consulting services to the health care industry. Established in 1973, the firm has developed into one of the nation's largest, independent health care financial consulting practices by delivering quality service throughout the industry.
- Martin A. Brutscher, Senior Vice President
mEDhealth advisors, LLC 
mEDhealth advisors offers not only traditional “management consulting” and business strategy solutions to healthcare providers, payers, and government agencies, but also brings the unique and specialized experience of one of the nation’s leading physicians in the field of urgent care/disaster medicine as it relates to pandemic and syndromic surveillance, emergency preparedness, and clinical informatics.
- Kimberly Miller-Klein, CPHIMS
- Gary M. Klein, MD, MPH, MBA
New Heights Consulting, LLC
New Heights Consulting, LLC represents a seasoned team of professionals that bring forth skill sets and expertise that enable their clients to achieve new levels of health improvement thru information strategies and technologies. Specialized services include HIT/HIE strategic and operational plan development, systems selection and implementation.
- Denise Reeser, Founder and Managing Principal
Strategies for Tomorrow, Inc.
The consulting team of Camilla Brown, Raul Zavaleta, and Jim Wheeler helps people develop and implement community and enterprise-wide electronic health networks.
- Camilla Brown, Principal and Founder
Vulcan Enterprises
Think Build Operate
Vulcan serves as a guide, enabling organizations to achieve their business goals and advance their ongoing efforts in the health IT market. Vulcan concentrates on health information technology, health information exchange and the analysis of the funding opportunities, via grants and contracts and targeted agencies, pursuant to the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
- Joyce Hunter, President