It’s easy enough to say we need to “redesign the way our emergency rooms work” or “start a project to improve our billing operations.” But to be effective, projects must go from a one-sentence idea to a fully managed process. A budget means that tangible resources are allocated to this project. Your project should also have an owner (someone who is accountable) and a budget. Accordingly, this makes the discipline of project management about controlling and coordinating those dates, and everything that happens in between. One fundamental principle of a project is that it has a start and end date, whereas something like a program or objective would not. In reality, any number of things could be categorized as a project, yet it remains distinctly different from a task, a program, a portfolio, or even a strategy.įor the sake of clarity, your organization should create a detailed, specific description of what is defined as a project. It’s such a commonplace term, it can unwittingly cause confusion because everyone assumes that everyone else defines it the same way. It may sound silly, but defining the word “project” is one of the first steps your organization needs to take when introducing the strategic planning discipline within your walls. Hospitals that practice effective project management will benefit from lower costs and improved outcomes. It’s worth the investment and effort to make sure it’s done right because the hospital and patients will always benefit. But patient well-being is also a factor, which makes project management in healthcare more complex-and very important.
Like other organizations, hospitals that practice effective project management will benefit from lower costs and improved outcomes. Healthcare project management can be intense.
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