LESSON LERANED 2 WEEK 2

Lessons Learned Posting by Tuesday at 11:59 pm EST: You will  share the information that you learned  from your course readings, your peers, and your own research .  Assess how your initial understanding of the topic differs from your present views. Define the lessons (minimum 1) learned and provide an outstanding questions (minimum 1) that you still may have on the topic. 

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Project management is defined as applying processes, skills, methods, experience, and knowledge to achieve specific project objectives. It is usually according to the acceptance of the project criteria done and agreed upon within its parameters. Therefore, project management in the healthcare sector is an essential thing that should be looked at and carried out by any healthcare organization (Olden & McCaughrin, 2019). The primary function of a healthcare project manager is to oversee and lead projects that a given healthcare facility or organization is pursuing to improve patient safety and improve general operations. Project management in the healthcare sector has become a required field because it aims to enhance its operations and patient safety. It usually helps a lot in managing risks, controlling costs, and generally help in improving the outcomes of a given project. Project management has also for a very long time been attributed to providing pragmatic and practical approaches for the general implementation of project management in the healthcare sector. These approaches are the ones that help a lot in ensuring that any project in the healthcare sector does not only succeed but also help in promoting the general goals and missions of the healthcare sector as a whole (Yousefli et al., 2017). This role that project management plays in the healthcare sector has been attributed to the success of the different healthcare organizations’ diverse projects

References

Olden, P. C., & McCaughrin, W. C. (2019). Designing healthcare organizations to reduce medical errors and enhance patient safety. Hospital topics, 85(4), 4-9. Retreived from:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3200/HTPS.85.4.4-9

Yousefli, Z., Nasiri, F., & Moselhi, O. (2017). Healthcare facilities maintenance management: a literature review. Journal of Facilities Management. Retrieved from:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/poms.12961

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Topic: Operational Planning

The concept of operational planning is the process of deciding what to do and how to do it to achieve the desired goal. The purpose of operational planning is to ensure that the staff has a clear picture of their tasks and responsibilities to achieve the desired goal successfully. The planning activity is the first step of the fundamental management function which clearly shows that a manager cannot properly organize, staff, lead, or control a Health Care Organization (HCO) without first planning. Planning can also relate to Mintzberg's ten management roles: monitor, entrepreneur, and resource allocator. According to Olden (2019), planning enables an HCOs manager to set a direction for the future that employees should pursue. Managers plan a future direction and then plan how to go there. Planning must be done well because it sets the stage for organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling.

For example, my office switched from paper charts to Electronic Medical Records (EMR). The manager and the practice owner had to use a broad perspective to plan for the long-term future goal. It started with what to do and how to do it! Each manager had a clear picture of their tasks and responsibilities to implement EMR. A detailed work plan was prepared followed by a weekly meeting. An implementation plan detailing what must be done to convert to the EMR was completed.

Reference

Olden, P. C. (2019). Management of healthcare organizations: An introduction (3rd ed.). Retrieved from https://eds-p-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/eds/ebookviewer/ebook

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A project is a temporary endeavor to create a product, service, or obtain a certain result (Olden, 2019). Project management is essential for strategic planning and project managers bring organizational goals and visions to reality. Project management uses certain skills, tools, techniques, and knowledge to complete the project (Olden, 2019). Project management helps organizations control their resources, cut costs, and improve quality (Olden, 2019). A project manager will be in charge of a team and delegate tasks, communicate with stakeholders involved, make sure tasks and deliverables are being completed on time, and they have to work with budget and time constraints. The biggest factor of projects is that they eventually end, it may take a couple years if it is a long project, but all projects should come to an end.  

Examples of project management in healthcare include creating a patient portal, creating an addiction treatment program, or fixing the supply chain for the health care organization (Olden, 2019). There are 5 main phases of a project: definition, planning, execution, control, and closure (Karuppan et al., 2016). There are many tools used in project management to make sure that deadlines are being met and things are running smoothly. One of the most popular tools is a Gantt chart, which is a visual tool used to chart the scheduling of activities and resources (Karuppan et al., 2016). It is a horizontal bar chart that uses each bar to indicate how long the activity will take and it can also include who is responsible for which activities (Karuppan et al., 2016).  

Project management can be used at various healthcare organizations to achieve different outcomes and goals. With advancing technology, demand for care, regulation, competition and innovation there is a need for project management in health care organizations.  

 

References  

Karuppan, C., Waldrum, M., & Dunlap, N. (2016). Project Management. In Operations management in healthcare: Strategy and practice (pp. 71-123). Springer Publishing Company. 

Olden, P. (2019). Chapter 3: Planning. In Management of healthcare organizations (3rd ed., pp. 51-78). Health Administration Press. 

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