The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) recently reviewed the Institutional Investment Consulting Service provided by Stratford Advisory Group, Inc. using the Peer Review process. After undergoing the rigorous review, Stratford's Institutional Investment Consulting Service has been granted the "Peer Reviewed by HFMA" designation. Stratford is proud to be the first and only institutional investment consulting organization to achieve this distinction.
HFMA's Peer Review process is designed to provide healthcare financial managers with an objective third party evaluation of products and services used in the healthcare finance workplace.
The Peer Review process consists of a rigorous eleven-step high-level screening process by a peer review panel consisting of current customers, prospects who have not made a purchase and expert HFMA Peer Review Board members. Peer Review status approval of the product or service and its performance claims are based on the following criteria:
- Effectiveness
- Quality and usability
- Price
- Value
- Customer and technical support
Benefits to Healthcare Organizations
- Can provide a valuable time savings when doing a product search
- Broadens the search by acquainting you with products and services that may be unfamiliar
- Provides benefit from the research and trials completed by the Peer Review board
- Provides a broader picture of a product or services than internal market research can
- Separates fact from promotional fiction about a product or service
- Potentially improve patient experience by implementing a product or service that has demonstrated superior results
- Potentially improve quality of care, error prevention and other efforts
HFMA provides the resources healthcare organizations need to achieve sound fiscal health in order to provide excellent patient care. With over 35,000 members, HFMA is the nation's leading membership organization of healthcare finance executives and leaders. For more information on HFMA and the HFMA Peer Review process, please visit their website at www.hfma.org.
*HFMA staff and volunteers determined that this product has met specific criteria developed under the HFMA Peer Review Process. HFMA does not endorse or guaranty the use of this product.