Project Management for Healthcare Information Technology

Project Management for Healthcare Information Technology

Co-written by a certified Project Management Professional and an M.D., <i>Project Management for Healthcare Information Technology</i> presents an effective methodology that encompasses standards and best practices from project management, information technology (IT) management, and change management for a streamlined transition to digital medicine.<br> <span> </span><br> <span>Each management discipline is examined in detail and defined as a set of knowledge areas. The book then describes the core processes that take place within each knowledge area in the initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing stages of a project.<span>  </span>Real-world examples from </span><span>healthcare information technology</span><span> <span>project leaders identify how the integrated approach presented in this book leads to successful project implementations.</span></span><br> <span> </span><br> <span>Coverage includes: </span><br> <ul><li><span>Integrating project, information technology, and change management methodologies</span></li> <li><i><span>PMBOK</span></i><i><span></span></i><i><span> <span>Guide</span></span></i><span> </span><span>process groups--initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing</span></li><li><span>Project management knowledge areas--</span><span><span>integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk, and procurement management</span></span></li><li><span>IT management knowledge areas--user requirements, infrastructure, conversion, software configuration, workflow, security, interface, testing, cutover, and support management</span></li><li><span>Change management knowledge areas--realization, sponsorship, transformation, training, and optimization management</span></li></ul><ul> </ul>