Program Management

PROGRAM READINESS ASSESSMENT

Large scale Clinical Information System programs and projects by their nature require Healthcare organizations to take on new costs, risks and responsibilities. Many organization initiate new programs with limited information about the impact of such a significant undertaking and without a clear understanding of the decisions being made at this early stage.

Before starting to invest in a program or project Ideal Health IT recommends that you establish your organization's readiness for program management.  This will enable you to assess your current resources and infrastructure and therefore be in a position to be much more accurate in estimating the requirements and costs of running a Clinical Information System program or project.

At the start of a program it is important that you identify, assess and plan for:

  • Program Governance
  • Staffing, responsibility and accountability
  • Subprojects and functional staffing
  • Organizational structure and culture
  • Structure and responsibilities of the PMO
  • Terms of Reference

Ideal Health IT will provide an expert in Clinical System Program Management to assist you at this critical stage of your program.  Our specialists have worked successfully with Healthcare organizations preparing to set up a Program Management structure to support a Clinical System implementation.  We provide a realistic assessment of your organization's current position together with recommendations for the steps needed for effective program delivery.

Our Program Management specialist engages with the Project Sponsor and members of the executive team to identify the key drivers of the program and your specific organizational objectives.
This engagement would consist of a combination of individual meetings and workshops to assess:

  • The outline business case
  • The program and project scope
  • Key stakeholders
  • Staff roles and responsibilities
  • Program Governance arrangements
  • Program support
  • Requirements for reference groups
  • High level risks and issues

We provide a detailed analysis of your organization's readiness for program management together with recommendations for action to be taken before starting up the program. By adopting this approach the healthcare organization has assurance that all aspects of the program have been considered at the start and that any investment in staff and infrastructure can be targeted to achieve the organizational objectives in the most cost-effective way.

Ideal Health IT provides individually customized solutions to assist Healthcare organizations with effective Program Management and other functional workstreams in a systems implementation program.  We also provide solutions focusing on overall Service Improvement, restructuring and cost savings.

 

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