Message for Members

We are actively working on the new HealthcareSpeaks newsletter that is projected to be launched in August. Some of the new content will include a member profile showcasing successes of a SIG member, articles on current healthcare trends and topics, education opportunities and much more. All of which will provide additional benefits to you, our members.

You can be a published author! A great way to enhance your resume and show your commitment to project management and healthcare is to author an article sharing your experiences, and skills in your specific area of expertise. We have a lot of talented members in our SIG and others can benefit from your experience. Showcase your work and help your peers enhance their skill set.

A few ideas for topics are listed below for your review:

• Quality, Risk Management, Performance Improvement
• EMR adoption
• EMR strategy
• ARRA Stimulus
• Lessons learned on an individual project
• Healthcare industry trends
• Project management including change management, setting up a PMO and program management
• PMBOK® knowledge areas
• Project management methodologies

If interested email editor@pmihealthcare.org with the topic of interest and other relevant details.

Patti Conlon, PMP
Healthcare SIG Director of Communications

John Crilly is a seasoned professional with a diverse background in the healthcare, construction, information technology / systems, aviation, military, telecommunications, wireless and education industries. In total he has been leading projects for over 14 years and PMI certified for nearly 5 years.

During the past 5 years, he focused on implementing technological advances in the hospital setting. So far, he has helped multi-hospital teams implement the latest technology in their Radiology, Cardiovascular, Financial, Materials Management, Quality, Electronic Health Record, Anesthesia, Respiratory and Laboratory areas.

We’re excited to have John join our team. His talents will help us expand our educational offerings to members. You can reach John at education@pmihealthcare.org.

- Discuss healthcare related topics
- Post and review healthcare project management jobs
- Network with other Healthcare project managers

Recent topics: Medication Reconciliation, PMO staffing requirements, Health IT certifications. 
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Share Your Experience with Other Healthcare SIG Members                           
Please consider sharing your experience with the other 2,500 members of our Group. You can present lessons learned from projects and knowledge of the healthcare industry.

For all approved presentations, we will furnish the online technology, audio communication, member registration, announcement in our newsletter, and $100 gift certificate from Amazon.com. You can also apply for PDUs toward your PMP from PMI.

We are looking for presentations on the following topics:

• Healthcare quality, electronic medical records and informatics
• Healthcare industry trends
• Project management including change management, setting up a PMO and program management
• PMBOK knowledge areas
• Project management methodologies

Submit a synopsis of your proposed topic to webinar@pmihealthcare.org.

Effective PPM Change Management

June 19, 2009 • 2 PM EDT

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) initiatives are expected to provide significant benefit to multiple roles within an organization. Intuitively, most staff can understand the potential value in the organization, process and technology changes involved with a PPM initiative. However, the lack of change management practices through a PPM initiative's implementation is one of the most common reasons for their failure. Symptoms of this issue can include poor executive commitment, resistance or political pressure from functional management and compliance issues with project teams. We will review common misconceptions about PPM initiative implementations, provide some guiding principles for successful change and detail the steps and key communication messages necessary to gain buy-in from executive and functional management as well as from project teams. This webinar will also provide tips that can be incorporated into the initiation and planning of your PPM initiative to increase your odds of success.

PDUs: 1

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July 2, 2009 • 12 PM - 1 PM EDT

Negotiating Outsourcing Contracts: Structure, Process and Tools

Presentation Synopsis:
This presentation, will focus on the hard skills necessary to complete a negotiation. How do you plan a negotiation? How do you start a negotiation? Who should be involved? When? What do you need to do to ensure that a negotiation is complete, is complete on time, and achieves what you needed to achieve? We will focus on the mechanics of managing a negotiation. This presentation will use as an example, the negotiations for an outsourcing contract worth several hundred million dollars. Once you see and learn the tools and techniques involved in negotiating a contract this large, you will be able to adapt and tailor the negotiations toolkit to fit even the smallest outsourcing contract.

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Tips for a Successful Implementation

July 23, 2009 • 12 PM - 1 PM EDT

Presentation Synopsis:
The National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center has implemented an EHR while migrating from a mainframe legacy system. This was completed as a Big Bang implementation. Since this implementation, the NIH CC has implemented a number of other ancillary systems as well as completed various upgrades. Learn from our lessons and hear some of our tips to improve the success of your implementation.

PDUs: 1

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Practical Project Risk Management

July 24, 2009 • 2 PM EDT

Risks exist on projects because by definition, projects possess uncertainty. Organizations that ignore risks experience reduced project success rates due to the wasted effort and delays that result from dealing with issues. Risk management methodologies address this challenge but tend to be too theoretical or require significant process discipline or historical data to be practical.

PDUs: 1

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The Digital Consumer: Roadmap to Web 2.0 in Healthcare Organizations

August 20, 2009 • 12 PM - 1 PM EDT

Presentation Synopsis:
Adoption of Web 2.0 tools in health care has been slow but is now gaining momentum. As health care enters this new technology, the free spirit of Web 2.0 can result in poorly managed adoption. This presentation will summarize the available tools, best practices and two project scenarios: using Web 2.0 to reach external customers and deploying Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0 within the organization. Risk mitigation and stakeholder involvement will be discussed.

PDUs: 1

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The Healthcare SIG has setup a library of templates, articles and webinars for its members. To access the library, simply go to the Education page of the web site.

This library is currently being reviewed to see how it would better meet your needs. Do you have a suggestion on how this should be built? What features would you like included? What would you like removed? Send your comments to education@pmihealthcare.org.

Do you Have a Template You Would Like to Share?
By submitting a template you can show off your creativity, get feedback, and help others be more productive.

How does your team do it? Some have elected to create a separate template for each step of the process. Some have a separate template for each deliverable, while still others combine many of the deliverables into one easy-to-use form. We would like to see how you apply the PMI standard within your projects.

View our template library

Templates should meet the following criteria:

• Created in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, or Publisher 2003/2007.
• Less than 2 MB in size.
• Does not contain personal information, proprietary, or objectionable content.
• Contains only materials that you own or have permission to use
• Identifies which project phase and PMI step this template applies to.
• It has instructions, tips or hints within the document about how to use each section.
• Is easy to read and understand.
• Identifies the kind of projects the template is suited for
• Does not contain electronic viruses, worms or other electronic macros, scripts/programs, etc.

We welcome your submissions to education@pmihealthcare.org.
Upon receipt, templates will be reviewed by a committee prior to posting.

Registration Now Open for PMI® Global Congress 2009 -
North America

Knowledge and networking conference for professionals involved in projects

Registration is now open for PMI® Global Congress 2009—North America and PMI SeminarsWorld® Orlando!

During these economic times, it is more important than ever to invest in your professional development. Join thousands of project professionals this October for the conference that will connect you to the information and resources to take control of your next project and your career.

Register by the 23 September advance registration deadline and save nearly $250! Learn more and download a letter to share with your employer when asking for support to attend congress.

What's New? Healthcare News for You!

Early definition of "meaningful use" to be released next week
Recommendations on the "meaningful use" of electronic medical records are set to be presented June 16 by a workgroup of the HIT Policy Committee, announced John Glaser, senior special adviser at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. If the panel approves the suggested definition, it will be submitted to ONCHIT for evaluation, Glaser said. Meanwhile, the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has picked more than 200 volunteers to help review whether its programs comply with the stimulus law, which offers Medicare and Medicaid incentives for meaningful use of EMRs. Read the complete article>

Push for electronic medical records must slow down, for security's sake
Among the many new provisions the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), is federal funding for electronic medical records. Known as HITECH, the law gives incentives to healthcare organizations to digitize personal health information before 2020. Lost in the rush, however, are the details. Learn more>

EHS Secretary Sebelius highlights AHRQ reports on health care quality and disparities
In a May 9 speech to the United Nurses of America, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discussed two new AHRQ reports on the quality of and disparities in health care in America and challenged nurses to work to reduce health care associated infections. The 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report and 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report indicate that patient safety measures have worsened and that a substantial number of Americans do not receive recommended care. Upon issuing the reports, Secretary Sebelius also announced the availability of $50 million in Recovery Act resources to fight health care-associated infections (HAIs) and improve patient safety. Patient safety has declined in part because of this rise in HAIs. Secretary Sebelius also called on hospitals across America to commit to reduce central line associated blood stream infections in intensive care units by 75 percent over the next 3 years. She challenged hospitals to make use of a proven patient-safety checklist that can significantly and dramatically reduce the rate of these life-threatening infections. Select to read the HHS press release; access the reports; and read the checklist.

Materials from March 31 Web conference on e-prescribing and medication management now available
AHRQ has made available the materials from its March 31 Web conference titled “A National Web Conference on E-Prescribing and Medication Management” on its Web site. The event, the first in a series of three teleconferences, discussed the tradeoffs involved in providing prescribing decision support when the accuracy of recommendations is mixed; the operational challenges of generating good patient histories and medication lists; the experiences working with personal health record medication lists and medication reconciliation; utilizing pharmacy fill data and claims data not only to populate patient lists but also to inform providers about their patients’ behavior; and ways of impacting meaningful use within the prescribing process. Speakers also presented a conceptual model of the medication management process, with an emphasis on prescribing and key areas for improvement. Select to access the presentation transcript, slides, and recording.

Healthcare Project Management Jobs

IT Project Manager - Scottsdale, AZ
Coventry Health Care is looking for a strong project manager to join our team in the Scottsdale, AZ office. This is a great opportunity for the right individual. We would like to hear from you if you are a senior P/M and have prior experience with successfully delivering medium to large size technical projects. Some specific requirements include:

• Previous (3-5 years) experience in managing a wide variety of IT projects including experience in leading technical staff, team members, and vendors.
• Lead all aspects of the project, including scope, cost/benefit analysis, written proposal, and budgets.
• Very experienced in managing schedules - MS Project Schedule, Time & Cost management.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.

If you are interested, please visit our corporate career site and search for Req. # 117932. You can get more details about the position and apply online. Your résumé will be personally reviewed by one of our senior staffing consultants.

IT Project Manager – Orange, CA
Coventry Health Care is looking for an experienced IT project manager to join our team in the Orange, CA office. This is a great opportunity for the right individual. We would like to hear from you if you are a P/M and with prior SDLC experience with solid PM ability and experience in software development. Some specific requirements include:

• Previous (3-5 years) experience in managing a wide variety of IT projects including experience in leading technical staff, team members, and vendors.
• Lead all aspects of the project, including scope, cost/benefit analysis, written proposal, and budgets.
• Very experienced in managing schedules - MS Project Schedule, Time & Cost management.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
• UML process experience
• Release management
• Workers Comp or health care insurance industry are desired
  
• Knowledge of Java and J2EE

If you are interested, please visit our corporate career site and search for Req. # 117532. You can get more details about the position and apply online. Your resume will be personally reviewed by one of our senior staffing consultants.

Chief Information Officer - Salt Lake City, UT
Responsibility for the selection, acquisition, development, installation, maintenance and support of all information technology including corporate databases and client services implementation oversight. Monitors and reports on the performance of the IT portfolio including actual vs. expected results, budgets and project duration. Develops and maintains the systems architecture, defining standards and protocols for data exchange, communications, software and interconnection of network information systems. Reviews all hardware and software acquisition and maintenance contracts, soliciting involvement and participation of other management team members as appropriate.
Develops and maintains corporate policies and standards aimed at maximizing effectiveness and minimizing costs related to the acquisition, implementation and operation of IT systems.
Responsible for the development, implementation and ongoing support/maintenance of our clients Disaster Recovery Plan to ensure timely and effective restoration of data and IT services in the event of a disaster. If interested, please send your résumé to Lee Calhoon, President, Lee Calhoon &, leecalhoon@aol.com.

Project Manger - Little Rock, AR
Across the organization, incumbent is responsible for the overall direction, management, communication, coordination, and success of projects. Incumbent will utilize project management processes and methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet customer expectations. Incumbent will create the advanced project plans and other project controlling deliverables. Incumbent will facilitate team meetings and manage team communications. They will track key milestones, adjust project plans, budget requests and/or resources to meet the needs of customers. The incumbent will manage and control the project from inception to close. Interested parties contact FSamaras@usablelife.com.

Interested in posting a position?
If you would like to post a position description in HealthcareSpeaks, please email information to projects@pmihealthcare.org.