Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

Forward thinking Health IT for those who served.

Federal Health IT management consulting grounded in decades of DoD and VA experience — from EHR modernization and interoperability to the policy and standards that shape how care is delivered.

Program experience
  • CHCS
  • AHLTA
  • VLER Health
  • VA EHRM Electronic Health Record Modernization
What we do

Management consulting for Federal Health IT

Policy, technology, and standards expertise applied directly to the challenges facing today’s Federal healthcare leaders — and the Service Members and Veterans they serve.

01

Health IT Modernization

Transforming legacy healthcare systems into modern, efficient platforms that improve patient outcomes and operational performance.

  • EHR design, deployment, implementation, training and optimization
  • Military Health System IT and Veterans Affairs Health IT support
  • Lessons learned across every life-cycle phase of worldwide deployments
02

Data Interoperability

Enabling seamless exchange of clinical and claims data across systems, organizations, and stakeholders.

  • National Health IT policy and standards development
  • Health information and interoperability technologies
  • How clinical and claims data are viewed, used, shared and stored
03

Strategic Consulting

Expert guidance on Health IT policy, implementation strategy, and program management for government and commercial clients.

  • Business architecture and workflow modeling
  • PMP-certified program management
  • Program design, development, optimization and management
Deliver Health IT management consulting and staffing services that drive improvement in the quality and continuity of federally provided patient care by employing our experience and expertise with today’s most advanced Health Information and Interoperability Technologies.
Denny Porter — President and CEO, Forward Thinking Innovations, LLC
Who we are

Built on decades inside DoD and VA healthcare

FTIC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business working to positively shape the future of American Health IT. Our diverse DoD and VA experience formed a deep, foundational understanding of the Federal healthcare landscape — including the modernization challenges and opportunities facing Service Members and Veterans seeking care today.

Our mission

Shaping the future of health data

We work with businesses, policy makers and government agency stakeholders to broadly influence how clinical and claims data are viewed, used, shared and stored — bringing proven policy, technology, and standards expertise to the struggles facing today’s Federal healthcare leaders.

Partnership

What can we accomplish together?

Our expertise in modernizing electronic health records — from CHCS and AHLTA through VLER Health to VA’s EHRM program — lets us deliver efficient, current solutions for Service Members, Veterans, and the healthcare organizations that support them.

Leadership

Who we are

Dennis R. (Denny) Porter

Dennis R. (Denny) Porter

President and CEO

Denny leads FTIC with decades of DoD and VA Health IT experience spanning program design, development, optimization and management — across the worldwide deployments of CHCS, AHLTA and VLER Health, and now VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization program.