Reference no: EM133385861

Imagine you are the chief information officer (CIO) for a large health system that includes five hospitals and 12 remote outpatient clinics. You met with the chief operating officer (COO) yesterday to discuss concerns regarding the organization's cardiothoracic surgery specialty, which incurred a recent quality score decrease on several healthcare rating websites. Results from the preliminary investigation and root cause assessment of the decreased ratings indicated that enhanced decision support software could be used by healthcare personnel to improve root cause identification, solution identification, and performance improvement monitoring. Your charge is to develop a project plan, publish a request for proposal, create an implementation plan for a software solution, and establish a performance monitoring process to track cardiothoracic surgery quality metrics. 

Assumptions

• Research posits that complications after cardiothoracic surgery occur in 66.6% of the operative survivors. Research provides these examples: postoperative blood product use, atrial fibrillation, prolonged ventilation, renal failure, reoperation for bleeding, pacemaker/ICD insertion, renal failure, and pneumonia had the strongest impact on long-term survival.
• Post-surgical complications are coded on the billing claim using ICD-10-CM codes.
• If the post-operative condition was present on admission, the post-surgical complication code should not be reported on the claim. Present-on-admission codes are required to indicate a condition present prior to admission of the patient.
• The case study identified an increase in post-operative complications in the cardiovascular surgical practice in the past year.
• The data reflects that post-operative complication codes increased, and present-on-admission codes decreased in the past year.
• Clinical documentation of the present on admission status by the provider can ensure accurate ICD-10-CM coding and a decrease in complication rates.
• A data visualization dashboard is needed to track the volume and trends of post-surgical complications and their present on admission status.
• Improving trends validate the effectiveness of CDS systems, data analytics, and stakeholder training.

Use the Microsoft Project Plan Template to build out the tasks, resource assignments, due dates, and budget estimates beginning with the "Produce Outputs from Initiation" portion under the Initiation Process section of the template. The template includes suggestions for the major milestones in the Initiation Process section. You will need to address these and all remaining milestones in the template and add additional components as needed.

Make an executive summary of the project plan. Include the following in your summary:

1. A general timeline for the entire project that identifies major milestones and related deliverables.
2. A list of resources and related costs required for the project. Be sure to account for interprofessional team member hours and software costs.