Project Management: Healthcare Projects

Course details

Healthcare projects have their own unique set of needs and challenges, including privacy concerns and regulatory constraints. Learn how to effectively manage these challenges on healthcare projects large and small in this course with project management expert Bob McGannon. Explore specific approaches to setting project goals, scheduling tasks, managing stakeholders, and mitigating the risks and challenges that are common to the medical field. Plus, dive into several specific challenges to bring the concepts to life and get solutions so you can compare your approach to Bob’s recommendations.

Learning objectives
- Describe common healthcare challenges.
- Distinguish between regulatory constraints and procedural regulations.
- Interpret which technique to use for managing healthcare constraints.
- Determine the considerations for sequencing and designing project tasks.
- Articulate the process for integrating project risks.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Healthcare projects - Overcoming challenges

1. Healthcare Project Controls

02 - The changing healthcare environment
03 - Building the project schedule
04 - Managing risks
05 - Budget and funding management
06 - Total cost of ownership
07 - Managing passionate stakeholders

2. Healthcare Project Constraints

08 - The regulatory environment
09 - Role and licensing restrictions
10 - Facilities
11 - Data storage and movement
12 - Testing requirements

3. Healthcare Nonnegotiables

13 - Data entry and accuracy
14 - Equipment management
15 - Duty of care
16 - The patients come first

4. Healthcare Ethics

17 - Using funds
18 - Transparency
19 - Intent versus regulations

5. Handling Healthcare Challenges

20 - Challenge - Supporting research
21 - Challenge - Commercial development
22 - Challenge - Schedule integrity

Conclusion

23 - Your healthcare management tool kit

Project Management: Healthcare Projects

Authors

Bob McGannon