Your group will take on the role of the Program Management Office...

Your group will take on the role of the Program Management Office Director (PMOD). In this role, your group will make program management plan that will encompass several projects. These projects are listed in each IDN scenario as "Informatics Implementation Projects." You and each member of your team will choose one Informatics Implementation Project, for which you will take on the role of Project Manager. You should note that each Informatics Implementation Project reflects a significant investment for the organization. It's the job of the PMOD (your group) to determine how each project and the program overall creates tangible benefits for the organization while controlling technology costs. Remember that while each project stands on its own as a discrete informatics solution being implemented in the organization, the challenge of the group is to assess the interrelationships and interdependencies between these projects as they form an informatics program. Option 1: Bay Bridge Health Network: This integrated delivery network is comprised of five hospitals and 20 physician practices, five long-term care facilities, two urgent service medical malls, and an insurance plan that covers 3 million covered lives in the San Francisco area. Strategic imperatives for this IDN include 10% operational cost reductions that are sustainable across business units and the expansion of market share through virtualization strategies to compete with stand-alone and retail urgent care competitors in the region. Informatics Implementation Projects: Your individual project takes the form of an initiative. Choose one from the list of informatics implementation initiatives below: Multihospital Electronic Health Record Implementation (documentation, results, clinical provider order entry [CPOE]; and decision support systems [DSS]) Practice Management System Clinical Implementation Practice Management System Billing, Registration, and Scheduling Implementation Materials Management System Implementation Personal Health Record (Patient Portal) Implementation Clinical Document Improvement (CDI) Software Implementation What are Group Challenges Developing Informatics Program Strategy?