Evaluating IT Projects in Healthcare Space

AHRQ publishes updated toolkit to support evaluation of healthcare IT projects, including goals, objectives, and quantitative and qualitative benefits. ...

... "Many people feel more comfortable in the realm of numbers and, as a result, frequently design their evaluations solely around quantitative data. But this approach provides only a partial picture of your project. Quantitative data can lead to conclusions about your project that miss the larger picture. " ...

Via Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: IT Project Evaluation Toolkit (PDF)

Total Project Costs Driven by Training and Change

Health record implementation incurs significant costs related to organizational change, required to train users and sustain their processes during the transition. ...

... "Training and related productivity losses represent more than 50% of the total cost involved in a big EHR project. " ...

Via Health Data Management: Kaiser Permanente

Project Manager Creates Collaborative Relationship

Healthcare continues its information transformation and progressive project management practices can accelerate the change. In this case, the project manager collaborated with the target department to understand the business challenges and the process capability --- creating the proper working relationship for a transformation journey. ...

... "Make cross-departmental understanding a priority - During implementation, our IT project manager sat in the HIM department until he fully understood our daily frustrations, processes and challenges. " ...

Via ADVANCE: Lessons Learned

Business Project: Extract Value

Healthcare IT project seeks to integrate and standardize operations, while the business is on-the-hook for realizing the value. ...

... "The infrastructure goes live in April with users being migrated shortly after. Then comes the job of extracting value, which Mayo-Smith says is not an IT project but a business project. " ...

Via Computerworld: IT Role in Integrated Healthcare Operations

Project Management Excellence: Hospital Veteran Recognized

Healthcare leadership celebrates excellence. IT project manager makes the list. Users queue up for IT services. Pinch me. I must be dreaming. ...

... "Halle H. McNaney, 13-year Medical Center veteran, has orchestrated the roll-out with such efficiency that outpatient sites are now literally lining up at the door, waiting to be next in line for implementation - perhaps a first for the introduction of a new IT project. " ...

Via University of Rochester Medical Center: Excellence Awards Recognize Employees, Teams