Project Management
As an executive or director in the healthcare informatics industry, what concerns you most when embarking on
a new project? Is it the challenge of the new project itself, whether or not you have the skill set within your
ranks to pull it off, or is your customer (the end-user) going to be happy with the results of the organizations
decision? You may ask, "How am I going to balance the project pool that my team must execute based on commitments
to my executive team?" These are only a few issues that keep most executives and directors up at night. So, how do
you effectively mitigate some of these concerns/risks? One answer is by investing in the appropriate project
management skill set to make sure your project investment will be successful. Experience VCS.
IT's what differentiates us
What we do
Project Management: VCS provides experienced project managers to help you and your vendor partners
effectively implement clinical and financial enabling applications. We have extensive experience working with
products from major software vendors in the healthcare space. Our project managers utilize a methodology VCS has
developed for the healthcare environment, based on best practice standards. This methodology can be viewed here:
VCS PMO Methodology Overview
PMO JumpStart: Many facilities are either planning on implementing a project management office, or are
looking to standardize their approach to implementation and process improvement projects. Our PMO JumpStart
software and optional related services provide an excellent way to get the ball rolling. The software tools (which
run in a Microsoft SharePoint environment, which many facilities already possess) are easy to install. Our staff
can help you implement your PMO and improve project management practices to help maximize your return on
investment. VCS can also award your in-house project managers PDUs toward their PMI certification in conjunction with
the JumpStart training.
VCS PMO JumpStart Overview
Why should I outsource my Project Management function?
- Project integration is more challenging than ever
- Higher expectations for your IT enabled investments
- Internal resource constraints
- Upswing in clinical initiatives with increasing consequences for failure
- Difficulty in finding the right combination of technical, operational, and change management skill sets
- Objectivity of an external resource
- Experience of external resources in presenting to senior management teams
- Complexity of large scope projects