PM-Inspired Program Changes the Lives of Youth in India
byWith guidance from the PMI Educational Foundation, a program called PMIK-UDAAN was formed to provide continuous support to more than 200 families supported by Pallium India.
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How an Awarded Program Improved Hospital Discharge Summaries for Successful Patient Recoveries
The University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada wanted to ensure that patients who are discharged from hospitals receive the necessary support for a successful recovery. In 2014, UHN embarked on a 3-year, CA$955,000 quality improvement initiative which included creating a standardized electronic Discharge Summary for UHN’s 35,000 annual inpatients, detailing their hospital experience and requirements for ongoing care. The program finished on schedule and under budget and was a winner of the 2018 PMI Award for Project Excellence. Learn about this awarded program’s challenges, best practices, and lessons learned in this webinar.
Lean and Six Sigma: A Blended Approach
We have all heard of Lean and Six Sigma, but what about blending the two approaches into a complementary systemic approach to excellence? This presentation will talk about the evolution of process improvement from both lean and six sigma perspectives—and how the methods complement each other in the healthcare and service industries. Case studies from two organizations that successfully deployed Lean Sigma thinking will be presented.
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Monthly Status Report Template
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This report helps you provide a concise and precise update on the current status of a clinical study and the achieved progress during the reporting period. It is usually distributed to a sponsor of the project, as well as the management of the company where the PM works. The main benefit of this report is that it addresses the major project constraints and provides only the relevant information needed to successfully manage the project and communicate with a diverse international team, typical for a matrix-based pharmaceutical company.
Patient Medication Tracking Template
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Project management skills can also be applied to improve the quality of care when you or your loved ones are a patient. Use this tracking template to help you keep track of patient medications and essential information. For more advice, see < href=http://www.projectmanagement.com/articles/290312/The-Patient-as-a-Project--Optimizing-Your-Healthcare-Experience>The Patient as a Project Part 1 and Part 2.
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Managing a Healthcare Project in the Era of Cloud Computing
byCloud computing has revolutionized the way business is done, offering increased efficiency and new models for work in many industries, including healthcare. Learn the basics of cloud computing, with options for service and deployment, to enable you to customize your own model to serve the unique requirements of your work environment.
Identifying Risk in Innovative Healthcare Projects
byInnovation in healthcare is a complex and challenging environment—one that can truly benefit from project management. So, what is an innovative healthcare project?
Creating a Communications Plan: People, Process & Technology
byHow do you break through white noise? How do you communicate to your audience that what you need them to do is important? What it boils down to is a thoughtful communication plan that includes a focus on people, process and technology.
Unlocking Human Potential: A Rural Perspective
byOne of the key benefits of the human resource knowledge area is that it helps establish project roles and responsibilities and a plan to acquire, manage and release project team members. In the case of a "grand old lady" of a village, we see an illustrative example of how her own role and responsibility evolved over a period of time--and how she then used her skills to define these functions for the "organization" that she was a part of.
Outsourcing in Healthcare
byThe healthcare industry has been relatively late to adopt outsourcing. However, there has been an ample push from prominent healthcare stakeholders to delegate the non-core processes to third-party service providers and focus on core competencies. The reason to outsource is not a luxury anymore, but more of a compelling need.
The Digital Doctor
byFor a physician who is a patient's project manager, the world of digital applications helps minimize risk in the treatment and deliver quality care. Read more about how the digital age promises a whole new dimension of care.
Crossing the Horizon
byWhat is truly important to keep in mind as we embark on a career path, no matter what stage of our life? This writer shares the story of a medical professional by relaying an interview with some valuable lessons on work--and life.
Road to Information: Communication in Patient Care
byIn the case of life-threatening illness, timely communication is of utmost importance--especially when a patient’s clinical parameters are variable and changing. Communication in healthcare is all about planning, providing and tracking appropriate information needs of users to enhance the integrity and quality of healthcare.
Medical Device Product and Project Risk Management
byHow do you do both at the same time and not pull your hair out? This article explores the alignment of medical device product and project risk management--and leveraging product risk tools for project risk.
Ethics: The Guiding Star
byIn events of seemingly unfavorable project outcomes, principles such as responsibility, fairness and honesty can help project managers uphold integrity and credibility with the client and team. Here, one PM practitioner shares an experience from the healthcare field.
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