Case study: CIO Studio supports Healthify.nz in cost-effective digital transformation

About the client: Healthify.nz

Health Navigator Charitable Trust operates Healthify.nz, a nationally leading online health resource providing clinical-quality information for both consumers and healthcare professionals. As a charity, Health Navigator Charitable Trust operates under strict budget constraints, with its funding subject to ongoing review due to health sector reforms.

The challenge

Health Navigator Charitable Trust faced a critical financial and operational challenge:

High ongoing costs – Their managed website hosting environment was expensive, consuming a significant portion of their limited budget.
Urgent need for a CMS upgrade – The content management system (CMS) was vital for maintaining the integrity and accessibility of health information, but upgrading it was prohibitively costly under their current service provider.
Limited internal resources – Identifying and executing cost-saving alternatives required specialist expertise that Health Navigator Charitable Trust lacked in-house.

The CIO Studio solution

Health Navigator Charitable Trust engaged CIO Studio as a virtual CIO to assess their technology infrastructure and identify cost-effective alternatives. CIO Studio:

Conducted a strategic review of Healthify’s hosting and CMS requirements, benchmarking costs against industry best practices.
Identified and recommended a lower-cost hosting provider that met Healthify’s performance, security, and compliance needs at a substantially reduced price.
Managed the full migration process, ensuring a seamless transition with minimal disruption to Healthify’s operations.
Arranged a cost-effective CMS upgrade, delivering the necessary improvements at a fraction of the cost originally quoted by the incumbent provider.

The results

Substantial cost savings – Healthify now operates on a new hosting platform with significantly lower ongoing costs.
Improved system performance and scalability, ensuring continued delivery of high-quality health information.
Healthy return on investment – The savings achieved far exceeded CIO Studio’s consulting fees, delivering a clear financial benefit to Healthify.
Successful project execution – CIO Studio’s expertise ensured a smooth transition without service interruptions.

Client testimonial

"We couldn’t have done it without the support of the CIO Studio team."— Sarah Travaglia, Project Director, Health Navigator Charitable Trust.

Conclusion

By acting as a strategic technology partner, CIO Studio empowered Health Navigator Charitable Trust and Healthify.nz to achieve sustainable cost reductions while upgrading its core digital infrastructure. This project exemplifies CIO Studio’s ability to drive high-impact, cost-effective digital transformation for organisations operating in resource-constrained environments.