Case Study: Marshfield Clinic Health System achieves IT cost transparency and faster growth with Apptio

Marshfield Clinic Health System saves over $2 million with Apptio

Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS), a major integrated health system, faced industry consolidation that necessitated rapid growth through acquisitions. This expansion created a significant challenge for its IT department, which needed to understand technology costs, integrate disparate hospital systems, and accurately apportion expenses. MCHS turned to the vendor Apptio and its Technology Business Management (TBM) solutions, including ApptioOne Plus, to move beyond manual spreadsheets and gain data-driven insights.

By implementing Apptio's TBM solutions, MCHS streamlined its mergers and acquisitions, rationalized its application portfolio, and created a zero-based budgeting process. The results were substantial, including completing a major hospital conversion two months early, saving over $2 million in transition costs. Apptio enabled MCHS to grow from one to ten hospitals and double its staff while increasing IT spend by only 2% since 2018, providing critical data for strategic decision-making and fostering deeper business relationships.

Marshfield Clinic Health System (mchs)