Clearsense was recently featured in an analysis by Health Leaders in "A Healthcare Tech Challenge: Cleaning Out the (App) Basement" by Eric Wicklund
Healthcare organizations are carrying massive hidden cost and risk in sprawling IT portfolios filled with redundant, underperforming, and legacy applications, many inherited through years of platform sprawl and M&A.
As Trinity Health’s experience shows, application rationalization and decommissioning, when treated as a disciplined, enterprise-wide process with strong governance—can deliver outsized impact: Trinity retired more than 740 applications and unlocked $68 million in annual savings while protecting clinical operations and patient care. The work requires rigorous system mapping, cross-functional alignment across IT, legal, clinical, and finance teams, and proactive vendor management to avoid data lock-in, rushed archiving, and loss of negotiating leverage. While often viewed as “unsexy” IT cleanup, leaders like Mike Prokic argue that speed and repeatability in decommissioning are emerging as powerful differentiators, especially in M&A, where faster archival and system retirement directly translate into lower costs, less disruption, and stronger financial outcomes.
Read the full article in Health Leaders.
