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Healthcare project management
Practical thinking on hospital PMOs, EHR implementations, compliance, and the business of running complex projects in healthcare.
Why your PM tool is a HIPAA liability you haven't addressed
Most hospitals manage projects that touch PHI daily — clinical pathway redesigns, quality improvement cases, EHR rollout planning. And most of them use PM tools that aren't HIPAA-compliant to do it. Here's what that exposure looks like and how to close it.
The per-user pricing trap: what PM software actually costs a 200-bed hospital
When you account for every nurse, technician, contractor, and vendor who touches project work, per-user PM pricing looks very different than the per-seat rate on the vendor's pricing page. We ran the math.
What happens to your PM tool during a hurricane
After Helene devastated Appalachia in September 2024, hospitals across western North Carolina lost connectivity for weeks. The staff fell back to paper and email. Cloud-only PM software has one failure mode — the one that strikes when you need it most.
The consultant identity problem: why healthcare's mobile workforce hates PM software
Healthcare consultants move between hospitals and accumulate a fragmented trail of separate accounts, disconnected work histories, and lost professional context. It's a fixable problem that no major PM vendor has bothered to fix.
CAB governance in a hospital setting: what change advisory actually looks like
Change advisory board governance in healthcare isn't just about software change management. It touches Epic freeze windows, OR scheduling constraints, Joint Commission timelines, and operational disruption risk. Here's how 1Project models it.
EHR rollout postmortem: what always goes wrong and how to prevent it
After managing Epic and Cerner implementations across multiple health systems, the failure patterns are predictable. Integration timelines slip. Training underdelivers. Post-live stabilization drags. None of this is inevitable.
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