Clearsense Featured in KLAS Emerging Insights Case Study for Powering the Largest and Most Impactful Application Rationalization & Active Archiving Initiative in U.S. Healthcare

Breakthrough implementation enables a large national health system to retire nearly 800 legacy applications, implement active archiving, and unlock over $65M to date in annual savings

NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Clearsense®, a cloud-based data enablement platform company, today announced that it has been recognized in a newly published KLAS Emerging Insights Case Study for its significant role in the largest and most impactful application rationalization and active archiving initiative in the healthcare industry.

The report spotlights an ongoing, multi-year effort by a large U.S. health system seeking to rationalize its oversized application portfolio following an enterprise EHR and ERP rollout, as well as ongoing merger and acquisition activity. The case study details how Clearsense delivered a decommissioning strategy built on standardized, accelerated active archiving processes, enabling the organization to realize more than $65 million in net annual savings by retiring nearly 800 redundant or outdated applications.

By actively archiving legacy data from hundreds of systems into the 1Clearsense Platform, Clearsense's secure, cloud-based data enablement solution, the health system created a single point of access for both live and historical records. This provided a longitudinal health record at the point of care while laying the foundation for initiatives such as population health analytics and AI training.

"We're doing app rationalization and archival at scale," said the health system executive interviewed by KLAS. "I think another vendor could probably archive a single application in six months…but if you're like us and you're doing 20 to 25 applications every three months and you're going to do that for six years, that's not something that every vendor can do. I'm not sure there's another program in the U.S. that's running at the scale we are. So, I'll say [Clearsense's] biggest differentiator comes at the scale and the velocity they have."

According to KLAS, the health system selected Clearsense not only for its 1Clearsense Platform and ability to archive at scale, but also for operating as a true strategic partner—offering ongoing support across application lifecycle management, active data archiving, and enterprise integration.

"Clearsense is a partner in our application rationalization and data archival program... Clearsense supports us from a services side, sitting as part of our supply chain and moving things from a disposition on any one application all the way through the archival, which is extraction and ingestion from the source system to the [1Clearsense Platform] archive they provide for us," the executive added.

The health system realized a return on investment (ROI) within the first quarter after going live, covering ongoing capital investment and sustaining positive operational expense returns. It continues to decommission applications and is on track to achieve well over $100 million in total annual operational cost savings.

"This case study proves what's possible when health systems mandate application rationalization as a strategic business priority," said Jason Z. Rose, CEO of Clearsense. "While material Medicaid funding cuts are imminent, coupled with rising costs, health system leaders need to elevate active archiving as an imperative to streamline their bloated application portfolios. Analysts estimate that 20-30% of applications are redundant or unnecessary. By decommissioning these apps at a massive scale through a unique supply chain program, organizations can rapidly reduce costs, strengthen security, and unlock unified access to data. This delivers rapid and permanent ROI and lays the groundwork for advanced analytics, AI, and future innovation with a longitudinal EHR."

Providers can access the full KLAS Emerging Insights Case Study at no cost by visiting: 

Clearsense Data Platform as a Service 2025: Reducing Costs & Increasing Efficiency Through Accelerated Data Archiving.

About Clearsense
Clearsense is revitalizing healthcare data with its innovative approach. Its 1Clearsense data enablement platform is a cutting-edge, cloud-native solution that integrates advanced tools and technologies. This platform empowers healthcare organizations to swiftly and seamlessly access data from diverse sources, when and where it's needed. Clearsense's solutions have garnered adoption across a spectrum of healthcare institutions, including large integrated delivery networks, health systems, regional hospitals, academic medical research centers, payors and life sciences. By enabling digital information, Clearsense drives unparalleled value, fostering innovation, streamlining operations, enhancing care quality, and generating substantial cost savings. Learn more at clearsense.com.

About KLAS
KLAS is a research and insights firm on a global mission to improve healthcare. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals and clinicians, KLAS gathers data and insights on software and services to deliver timely reports and performance data that represent provider and payer voices and act as catalysts for improving vendor performance. The KLAS research team publishes reports covering the most pressing questions facing healthcare technology today, including emerging technology insights, that provide early insights on the future of healthcare technology solutions. KLAS also fosters measurement and collaboration between healthcare providers and payers and best practice adoption. Learn more at klasresearch.com.

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