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Abstract

Healthcare is changing ever faster and information technology (IT) projects abound. Historically, healthcare IT projects have failed at an alarming rate, generally for three reasons:

  • Failure to plan requirements (scope)

  • Failure to complete the work (on time) and

  • Failure to deliver something that is worthwhile (expectations).

Projects can benefit from project management in order to complete them on time and on budget while meeting stakeholder expectations. Chief medical informatics officers (CMIO), chief nursing informatics officers (CNIO), and clinical informaticists are routinely called upon to lead healthcare projects, such as implementing electronic health record systems, preparing for changes in requirements and regulations or developing analytics projects to improve care. Clinicians often make good project managers since they already have many of the skills that make a good project manager, including the ability to plan and communicate. Without some basic project management training, however, clinicians do not necessarily know how to apply these skills to manage projects. This chapter will discuss tools that project managers use to bring projects in on time, on budget and with the ability to meet stakeholder expectations.

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  1. Accenture LLC, Raleigh, NC, 27613, USA

    Lisa Anne Bove DNP, RN – BC

  2. Project Management Office, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Columbia, MD, USA

    Ryan D. Kennedy BS

  3. Department of Clinical Research Informatics, Portfolio Office, Clinical Center, Gambrills, MD, USA

    Susan M. Houston MBA, RN-BC, PMP, CPHIMS, FHIMSS

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    John T. Finnell

  2. Richard M. Fairbank School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA

    Brian E. Dixon

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Bove, L.A., Kennedy, R.D., Houston, S.M. (2016). Project Management. In: Finnell, J., Dixon, B. (eds) Clinical Informatics Study Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22753-5_16

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