Brandon Hall recently shared an article about Latitude CG, a Brandon Hall Smartchoice Preferred Provider, and its 20 year client-partner relationship with the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM).
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In the Learning Technology space, vendor relationships can sometimes be measured in months rather than years. In an environment where about 40% of companies are actively looking to replace a current provider, longevity is hard to come by. But that’s to be expected with the transactional nature of many of these relationships. Clients always want the newest, latest thing and many providers struggle to provide the most basic customer support. That’s why our collective Brandon Hall Group jaws dropped when Smartchoice Preferred Provider Latitude CG introduced us to their client of 20 years, the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). In the world of technology partnerships, 20 years may as well be 1,000.
And while the length of the relationship is surprising, the reasons why are not. Latitude has always taken this kind of partnership approach with its clients. We see it time and again with companies such as Stellantis, Polaris and Subaru. They remark how deep the partnerships with Latitude are. And Latitude wouldn’t have it any other way. For them it’s not about selling the technology and moving on, it’s about continuously collaborating to meet needs and solve challenges.
ABEM is the credentialing organization that certifies emergency medicine physicians in the U.S. They begin to track physicians once they join an emergency medicine residency and let them know when they are ready to apply for certification. And this is where the partnership with Latitude comes in. Over the last 20 years, the two organizations have partnered to create a sophisticated and fully integrated application platform, an assessment platform and a portal for monitoring assessment results and certification status. Latitude’s experience in managing extended enterprise learning needs is essential in this complex environment of professionals who have a common thread but work for different hospitals around the country.
But the system that Latitude built over the years shows their dedication to the partnership. As Michele Miller, Associate Executive Director for Systems and Technology for ABEM puts it, “We took a learning management system and created a monster, but in the best way.” Not only is the Latitude platform managing applications and assessments, ABEM also uses the platform to push out activities and tests to physicians to ensure they meet the requirements to remain certified. Latitude built an “item bank” for ABEM, where volunteer subject matter experts write and store questions. Then ABEM can assemble the tests from these items on an as-needed basis. Latitude also worked closely to integrate offerings from other vendors that filled specific niches they couldn’t.
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About Latitude CG
Latitude CG, home of LatitudeLearning, the partner learning platform is designed for the unique needs of partner training programs to train the people that Sell, Service and Use your products. Geographically dispersed partner networks have a level of organizational complexity that cannot be supported by an HR LMS. LatitudeLearning was designed to support the complexity of partner training and give the visibility partner organizations need to training compliance and potential vulnerabilities when gaps exist. Partner organization need a learning management system that supports the complex needs of managing partners. Latitude has been providing solutions designed to manage training programs for companies globally for more than 30 years. More than 3 million people have successfully used LatitudeLearning.
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