Learning Goal: I’m working on a management presentation and need guidance to help me learn.
Scenario
Loganville Medical Center is the largest healthcare facility in the southern region of the United States. With a 2,500-bed count, the medical center sees 800,000 900,000 patients in a year. Their specialties include cancer, urology, cardiology, neurology, maternal care, and chronic disease as well as the more routine family medicine and senior care. Loganville Medical Center also has a staff of 5,000 and 20 operating rooms.
Because of its size, the Loganville Medical Centers governing board found it difficult to keep up with the medical changes and necessary projects that were occurring at the medical facility and decided to hire a project manager. The human resources department listed the position on the medical facilitys website and you applied. Shortly afterwards, you were chosen as Loganville Medical Centers new project manager due to your extensive experience in project management and health information management.
Juggling the many projects of the medical center is no easy task. However, you effectively manage each project to completion and have gained the admiration of the medical centers governing board as well as other healthcare facilities in the state. Mildred Smith, the president of the states health information management association, has heard about your success. She has invited you to attend the annual state association meeting this year to conduct a 2-hour training on project management to health information professionals across the state. You accept the invitation and start preparing your presentation.
Instructions
Develop a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation for the states annual health information professionals meeting, discussing the details of effectively managing a healthcare project. Include the following in the presentation:
- Examination of how project management in used in healthcare.
- Assessment of the needed skills of a healthcare project manager.
- Interpretation of the project management life cycle and its use.
- Comparison of the project management methodologies.
- Determination of the needs of the projects stakeholders.
- Examination of the characteristics of an effective project team.
- Recommendation of tools used in project management.
- Articulate the importance of monitoring the outcome of project results.
The PowerPoint slides should only contain general information. Use speaker notes in the Notes pane to include the details of each slide.
Choose a professional PowerPoint template to complete the project. Include a title and reference slide.
