Health Information Technology Consultant

The State of North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program seeks a Health Information Technology (HIT) consultant to guide a comprehensive planning process for rural providers. The consultant will conduct listening sessions, create an inventory of eligible providers, evaluate EMR vendor options, assess current EMR functionality, and develop implementation‑readiness and training plans. Deliverables include market‑analysis and comparative evaluation reports, needs‑assessment reports, current‑state functionality assessments, and an implementation readiness plan, with key interim deadlines in December 2026 and January 2027 and a final EMR selection by May 30 2027. The contract runs from early August 2026 through September 30 2027 and is capped at $500,000. • Conduct at least five “listening sessions” with rural health providers within the first eight weeks of contract start. • Produce a detailed EMR vendor market analysis and comparative evaluation report (due Dec 1 2026). • Deliver a rural health provider needs‑assessment report and a current‑state EMR functionality assessment (due Jan 1 2027). • Provide an EMR implementation readiness and provider competency support plan, completing final EMR selection by May 30 2027.