Healthcare strategy consulting

Consulting & services

Bridging the Gap Between Innovation and Adoption

Healthcare technology vendors and provider organizations face a shared challenge: building the alignment needed to turn promising solutions into real-world outcomes. Aligned Health Advisory brings deep experience on both sides of the table.

Our programs

Built Around the ALIGN Framework

Every engagement is structured around our proprietary ALIGN framework — a proven methodology for closing the gap between vendor innovation and provider adoption.

For vendors

ALIGN Vendor Program

A structured engagement designed to help healthcare technology vendors build the stakeholder relationships, internal alignment, and go-to-market strategy needed to drive meaningful adoption inside provider organizations.

  • Stakeholder mapping and relationship strategy
  • Clinical and operational value narrative development
  • Provider procurement pathway guidance
  • Implementation readiness assessment
  • Ongoing advisory and coaching
Research product

Consumer Alignment Index

An annual research product that tracks how consumer expectations, behaviors, and trust in the healthcare system are shifting — and what that means for vendors and providers trying to build patient-centered solutions.

  • Annual consumer sentiment data
  • Segmented by care setting and demographic
  • Actionable insights for product and strategy teams
  • Executive briefing and presentation format
  • Licensing available for vendor use
For executives

Executive Insights & Advisory

Tailored advisory engagements for C-suite and senior leaders navigating complex healthcare technology decisions — from vendor selection and contract strategy to organizational change and board-level communication.

  • One-on-one executive advisory
  • Board and leadership team briefings
  • Technology evaluation frameworks
  • Change management strategy
  • Confidential, relationship-based engagement

The ALIGN framework

A Methodology Built for Healthcare Complexity

Healthcare technology adoption fails not because of bad products — it fails because of misalignment. The ALIGN framework addresses the five dimensions where misalignment most often occurs.

A

Assess

Understand the current stakeholder landscape, competing priorities, and the specific gaps between vendor capability and provider need.

L

Listen

Surface the unspoken concerns, workflow realities, and patient-centered priorities that rarely make it into RFP responses or sales conversations.

I

Integrate

Connect vendor solutions to the clinical, operational, and financial frameworks that drive provider decision-making and long-term commitment.

G

Guide

Provide structured facilitation and advisory support through the full arc of the engagement — from first conversation to post-implementation review.

N

Navigate

Help both sides move through the inevitable friction points — procurement, implementation, change management — without losing momentum or trust.

Who we work with

Both Sides of the Table

Healthcare Technology Vendors

From early-stage digital health companies to established health IT platforms, we help vendors build the provider relationships and internal alignment needed to drive real adoption.

  • EHR and clinical workflow tools
  • Population health and analytics platforms
  • Revenue cycle and administrative technology
  • Patient engagement and access solutions
  • AI-enabled clinical decision support

Health Systems & Provider Organizations

We help provider organizations evaluate and implement technology in a way that keeps clinical priorities at the center — reducing risk and improving the likelihood of sustained adoption.

  • Health systems and integrated delivery networks
  • Physician groups and medical groups
  • Ambulatory and specialty practices
  • Community health organizations
  • Academic medical centers

Ready to Get Aligned?

Every engagement starts with a no-obligation discovery conversation. Let's talk about where the gaps are and whether we're the right fit.