Project Management for Healthcare 3rd Edition By David Shirley
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The 3rd Edition of Project Management for Healthcare by David Shirley covers foundational project management frameworks adapted specifically for the healthcare sector, with major updates addressing post-COVID pandemic realities and modern digital constraints.
The book is organized into four primary sections, encompassing the following topics and chapters:
Section I: Definition
- Defining a Project: Foundational project management terminology, historical context, and its direct translation to clinical and health administration settings.
- Planning for a Project: Navigating project initiation, understanding why healthcare projects are undertaken, and identifying stakeholders.
- Getting Started: Translating early organizational requirements into a concrete, executable framework.
Section II: Details (Core Components)
- Time: Techniques for timeline construction, scheduling constraints, and duration estimation.
- Costs: Budgeting fundamentals and managing limited financial resources in hospital or clinical settings.
- Quality: Continuous performance measurement and control utilizing tools like Pareto charts.
- Change: Addressing rapid regulatory and operational shifts in modern medicine; treating project managers as "change merchants".
- Risk: Proactive risk tracking, identifying risk triggers, and using a risk matrix to prevent patient harm or system failures.
- Contracting and Procurement: Securing vendors, navigating third-party legalities, and managing physical resources.
Section III: Management Skills as a Necessity (Interpersonal Dynamics)
- Communications: Strategies for cross-functional communication between clinical staff, stakeholders, and implementation teams.
- Stakeholder & Team Alignment: Managing healthcare personnel and navigating dense organizational hierarchies.
Section IV: Advanced & Modern Topics
- COVID-19 Pandemic Reflection: Reviewing how the pandemic fundamentally changed project delivery, flexibility, and emergency preparedness in healthcare.
- PMBOK Guide 7th Edition Alignment: Integrating modern Project Management Institute guidelines with a heavy focus on tailoring, performance domains, and value delivery systems.
- Data Protection & Cybersecurity: Securing online data throughout the project lifecycle to protect sensitive patient records and meet compliance standards.
- Agile Frameworks: Transitioning standard software/project agility into highly regulated medical environments.
- Green Technology & Sustainability: Implementing environmentally friendly infrastructure and energy-saving digital transformations in medical systems.
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