Our Certificate in Healthcare Project Management will enable learners to understand the essentials of project management and their application specifically to the healthcare industry. The certificate introduces high-level project management concepts as outlined by the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). This includes stakeholders, risk and resource management, and vital leadership skills for healthcare project success. Learners will analyze strategies for successful communication, decompose the healthcare project scope, and learn how influencing organizational change plays into project success.
Duration:
Price:
CEUs:
16
Partner:
Certificate in Healthcare Project Management
Certificate in Healthcare Project Management
Online Certificate
Our Certificate in Healthcare Project Management will enable learners to understand the essentials of project management and their application specifically to the healthcare industry. The certificate introduces high-level project management concepts as outlined by the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). This includes stakeholders, risk and resource management, and vital leadership skills for healthcare project success. Learners will analyze strategies for successful communication, decompose the healthcare project scope, and learn how influencing organizational change plays into project success.
Duration:
8 Weeks
Price:
$2,995
CEs:
16
Partner:
Improve Operational Efficiency and Quality of Care of Your Organization
It’s estimated that up to 80% of healthcare projects fail. Not identifying a project as such, and leaving project management responsibility to project managers alone, is one of the root causes of these failures — regardless of their role, many healthcare professionals manage various projects on a daily basis: From handling documentation and billings to implementing changes to IT systems.
Equipping all healthcare professionals with skills to effectively manage their tasks and optimize processes can improve patient care, cut costs associated with project failures, and increase job satisfaction by giving employees more agency.
Together with American University, OpusVi co-developed the Certificate in Healthcare Project Management to empower any healthcare professional to drive changes in their unit, department, and organization in a rapidly changing industry.
Program Highlights
Practical, highly applicable tools and strategies to navigate healthcare projects
Build your confidence to manage any healthcare project from start to finish
Fits perfectly into your busy schedule: 8 weeks with 4–5 hours of study per week
Access to thought leadership pieces from healthcare professionals
Earn a certificate from American University, 16 CEs, and badges
Claim up to 40 PDUs with the Project Management Institute
FAQs
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Curriculum
- Unit 1: Projects and People in Healthcare Organizations
- Unit 2: Project Scope and Quality Management
- Unit 3: Project Stakeholder Management and Communications Management
- Unit 4: Project Time and Cost Management
- Unit 5: Project Resources Management and Organizational Change Management
- Unit 6: Project Procurement and Risk Management
- Unit 7: Project Integration Management and Project Execution Monitoring
- Unit 8: Project Controls and Project Closing
Outcomes
- Identify the tools and techniques best suited for project planning, including scope, time, cost, resource planning, monitoring and reporting.
- Recognize warning signs of project issues common to a variety of healthcare settings.
- Describe the leadership skills vital to thrive as a successful project manager in healthcare.
- Analyze strategies for successfully communicating with healthcare project stakeholders.
- Analyze strategies for managing risks and changes specific to projects.
- Deconstruct healthcare project scope into manageable work packages.
- Discuss the nuances of managing projects in healthcare.
- Differentiate between sequential and iterative life cycle models in Project Management
- Discuss the role that influencing organizational change plays in healthcare project success and identify tools to support change.
Key Topics
- Introduction to Healthcare Projects
- Project Scope Management
- Project Quality Management
- Project Stakeholder Management
- Project Communication Management
- Project Time Management
- Project Cost Management
- Project Resources Management
- Organizational Change Management
- Project Procurement Management
- Project Risk Management
Who Should Study This Program?
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The United States spends more on healthcare than any other country. In 2021, U.S. annual health expenditures increased to 4.2 trillion dollars; the spending is expected to grow. As the healthcare industry transforms with technological advances, new regulations, and greater scrutiny from the government, insurance companies, and patients, a project management skillset becomes a necessity for all healthcare workers.
The Certificate in Healthcare Project Management was developed for clinical and non-clinical professionals in healthcare organizations; it is specifically targeted toward the healthcare industry. Regardless of the level of experience in healthcare or project management, this program will provide students with the formal tools, techniques, and processes followed by the most experienced project managers in healthcare today.
What Are Some Examples of Healthcare Projects?
- Initiatives undertaken to improve patient care and operational efficiency at a medical facility
- Implementing a new electronic health records system
- Reducing patient no-show rates
- Implementing compliance and patient safety initiatives, e.g. a new fall risk assessment
- Risk project management to prevent medical errors and joint commissions infractions
- Implementation of information systems for hospital operations, e.g. converting a legacy system into a new standardized one
- Creating protocol during COVID spikes or flu season to make sure that staff and patients are safe
- Implementing self-care online sessions for healthcare staff
About American University
Founded in 1893, American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, D.C., with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meaningful change in the world. Their students distinguish themselves for their service, leadership, and ability to rethink global and domestic challenges and opportunities. At AU, passion becomes action; students actively engage in the world around them, and the leaders of today train the leaders of tomorrow.
American University’s Office of Graduate and Professional Studies (OGPS) delivers actionable knowledge and real-world skills to learners at every stage of their educational and career journey. Their comprehensive, experiential approach provides customized opportunities that advance their students’ lives and communities. Leveraging the unique attributes of Washington, D.C., they shape the workforce of tomorrow through innovative teaching, rigorously applied scholarship, creative partnerships, and practical work experience.
Learner FAQs
Shared Common Competencies
- Leadership
- Communication
- Quality and Patient Experience
- Mental Health, Substance Abuse
- Resilience
- Cultural Engagement
Specialty Areas Supported
Unit-Specific Pathways
- MedSurg-Tele
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU)
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Emergency Room (ER)
- Labor & Delivery (L&D)
- Mother Baby Care (MBC)
- Operating Room (OR)
- Cath Lab
- Hospice
- Behavioral Health
- Critical Access Hospitals
Specific MedSurg Competencies
- Surgical Care
- Integumentary
- Respiratory
- Hematology
- Cardiovascular
- Gastrointestinal
- Renal
- Endocrine
- Neurological
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System Impact and Program Outcomes
RN Turnover Reduction
This program sets out to reduce RN turnover by a minimum of 10% for each hospital.
Cost Reduction
This program will help reduce the costs associated with RN turnover for each hospital.
Annual Savings
This program will save hospitals an average of $2.6M annually for every 100 new nurses retained.