Case Study: Mental Health Center of Denver reduces IT costs 40% and expands patient services with Flexential

Supporting the mental health of greater Denver community with innovative wellness programs

Mental Health Center of Denver is a nonprofit mental health provider serving the Denver area across 35 locations with outpatient clinics, residential homes and community programs. As its services became increasingly dependent on electronic records and scheduling, rising IT costs and an overburdened hosted private cloud threatened downtime and diverted funds from clinical care and hiring. The organization needed a more predictable, secure infrastructure to protect patient data and enable innovation.

The center migrated to a Flexential hybrid IT solution—combining colocation, hosted public cloud, disaster recovery, managed security and professional services—using Denver and Dallas data centers for production and DR. The move cut IT costs by 40%, accelerated provisioning (servers can be spun up the same day), and freed resources to hire case managers, expand electronic health records with risk data and launch an Innovation Lab and Co-Responder program. Flexential’s audit-ready facilities and 24/7 security/DR support also maintain compliance and minimize downtime so the center can focus on patient-facing programs.

Mental Health Center of Denver

Wes Williams

Vice President and Chief Information Officer