Health Informatics Design and Implementation
General
- Post-graduate
- 15 learners; teams of 4
- 54 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 2/5 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any company type
- Science, Government, Technology, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Hospital, health, wellness & medical
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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May 25, 2020Experience start
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May 27, 2020Project charter
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May 30, 2020Project plan
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June 20, 2020Requirements analysis document
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August 1, 2020Business requirements document
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August 8, 2020Implementation plan
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August 14, 2020Experience end
Timeline
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May 25, 2020Experience start
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May 27, 2020Project charter
Document the purpose and objectives of the project as well as the major milestones
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May 30, 2020Project plan
Scope, stakeholders, objectives, project phases, deliverables, entry criteria, dependencies, constraints, assumptions, schedule, exit criteria
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June 20, 2020Requirements analysis document
High-level documentation of the project deliverables
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August 1, 2020Business requirements document
Detailed documentation of the project deliverables
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August 8, 2020Implementation plan
Describe the steps and detailed schedule required to release the project into production
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August 8, 2020End-user training material
If required, training manuals will be produced
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August 14, 2020Project summary presentation
Present a summary of the project as it progressed through the t . imelines, focusing on successes and lessons learned
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August 14, 2020Experience end
Overview
- Details
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The evolution of information and communication technologies is transforming the healthcare system and creating new ways of accessing and exchanging information that will impact the healthcare sector, including patients, their families and their caregivers. Students in George Brown’s Health Informatics course will work with your organization to formulate strategies for implementation of healthcare technologies, including mHealth and virtual care.
- Learner skills
- Project coordination, Business analysis, End-user training, Stakeholder consultation, Research
- Deliverables
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The final project deliverable will include:
- Documents including: Project charter, Project plan, Requirements analysis document, Business requirements document, Implementation plan
- End-user training material
- A one-hour project summary presentation
- Documents including: Project charter, Project plan, Requirements analysis document, Business requirements document, Implementation plan
Project Examples
Students will work in teams of 4 and spend 54 hours per student to understand and tackle the problem of your choosing. Students will provide a document and presentation summarizing their findings as well as provide knowledge transfer to your organization.
Project examples include but are not limited to:
- Formulate change strategies to implement appropriate health information systems technologies (HIST).
- Apply business and system analysis techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of health information systems technologies
- Integrate relevant standards and professional, ethical and legislative requirements with the appropriate health information system technologies.
- Design training and education for the effective use of HIST.
Past projects have included:
Consultant - Healthtech Consultants
- Participate in build, implementation, strategic planning and readiness assessment projects
- Mentor client project teams as necessary in project delivery and system build strategy
- Track and document risks and issues
- Analyze and document workflows
- Work directly with Healthtech team or health information system end-users; monitoring workflows, providing documentation, and optimization suggestions
- Conduct stakeholder interviews, complete gap analysis, and recommendations and contribute to the development of a summary report to be presented to the client
St Michael's Hospital
Cath Lab Upgrade
- Analyze existing documentation, including data inputs
- In consultation with stakeholders, determine new workflow for cath lab procedures
- Work with stakeholders to build the new User Interface and data entry fields
- Record action items and meeting minutes
Quality Improvement project - Mount Sinai ophthalmology department
- Observing a regular day in the clinic to document the current workflow
- Document the current workflow by developing a Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN model)
- Consult with stakeholders to transition to the future state workflow
- Consult with stakeholders on achieving benefits for both patients and healthcare providers with the future state workflow
- Develop a project proposal to implement future state workflow
In terms of the students' interests in placements, they are looking for opportunities in product support, project coordinator, business analyst (gathering requirements, workflow design, and improvement), QA tester, training users in HIT, and privacy analyst. They are open to other opportunities as well.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Be available to attend one-hour presentations either in-person or remotely.
Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.
Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.