Assignment: Managing and Leading Change in a Health Organization
Course Outcome
• HS450-2: Demonstrate how effective team building optimizes the implementation of strategic planning.
Unit Outcomes
• Differentiate among the different types of teams and task groups and their uses in health care organizations.
• Understand the factors associated with high-performing teams.
• Define the communication process and what constitutes effective communication.
Instructions
You are the administrator of a clinic with 50 employees. You have been tasked with facilitating discussion with other health professionals in your clinic to select a new EHR system, which will be implemented across the organization. Please complete the assignment as indicated in the instructions below.
Part 1
Competency Assessed
Build effective teams.
Instructions
Construct a plan to build 1-2 effective teams to collaborate in selecting a new EHR system for the clinic. Identify the professional roles that should be represented on your team(s). You should be prepared for possible disagreements regarding priorities and processes, so your plan must include at least three team/consensus building methods.
Part 2
Competency Assessed
Interpret concepts of change management theories, techniques and leadership.
Instructions
Evaluate the concepts of change management theories, techniques, and leadership by assessing typical challenges seen with implementing a new EHR system across an organization. Your evaluation should demonstrate that you have considered how a transition to EHR would result in the need to plan for change management interventions. Provide two examples of challenges arising from EHR adoption and detail the change management theories that you would enact to overcome resistance to change.
Part 3
Competency Assessed
Implement a departmental strategic plan.
Instructions
Demonstrate implementation of a departmental strategic plan by detailing at least two areas of risk exposure mitigation, organizational or process re-design, training, or communication strategy, as they relate to EHR implementation.
Part 4
Competency Assessed
Evaluate the stages of the procurement process.
Instructions
Demonstrate understanding of the purpose of the procurement process. What are the purposes of the Request for Proposal (RFP), the Request for Information (RFI) and the Request for Quotation (RFQ)? Provide detail for when and how to use each to help an HCO more fully identify its needs and the issues involved with planning for significant projects or purchases.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.