Sunrise Medical Center is the largest healthcare facility in the southern region of the United States. With a 2,500-bed count, the medical center sees 800,000 - 900,000 patients in a year. Their specialties include cancer, urology, cardiology, neurology, maternal care, and chronic disease - as well as the more routine family medicine and senior care. Sunrise Medical Center also has a staff of 5,000 and 20 operating rooms.

Because of its size, the Sunrise Medical Center's governing board found it difficult to keep up with the medical changes and necessary projects that were occurring at the medical facility and decided to hire a project manager. The human resources department listed the position on the medical facility's website and you applied. Shortly afterwards, you were chosen as Sunrise Medical Center's new project manager due to your extensive experience in project management and health information management.

Juggling the many projects of the medical center is no easy task. However, you effectively manage each project to completion and have gained the admiration of the medical center's governing board as well as other healthcare facilities in the state. Mildred Smith, the president of the state's health information management association, has heard about your success. She has invited you to attend the annual state association meeting this year to conduct a 2-hour training on project management to health information professionals across the state. You accept the invitation and start preparing your presentation.

Discuss the details of effectively managing a healthcare project. Include the following in the presentation:

1. Examination of how project management in used in healthcare.
2. Assessment of the needed skills of a healthcare project manager.
3. Interpretation of the project management life cycle and its use.
4. Comparison of the project management methodologies.
5. Determination of the needs of the project's stakeholders.
6. Examination of the characteristics of an effective project team.
7. Recommendation of tools used in project management.
8. Articulate the importance of monitoring the outcome of project results.