Christo El Morr, PhD

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Introduction

• Christo El Morr, PhD
• elmorr_at_yorku.ca

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Health Informatics Research

• Clinical Information Systems
• E-Homecare
• EDSS
• Decision Support
• Diagnosis
• Health Promotion
• Security
• Privacy
• Health Systems Integration
• Health Virtual Communities

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Strategic Planning

• What are the generally accepted functions of
  management?
• Planning
• Organizing
• Staffing
• Directing
• Controlling

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Strategic Planning

• Strategic Plans are only blueprints
• The second step is to implement the plans and
  manage change

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Strategic Planning

• People Support what they help Create
• Core planning team of key stakeholders lead the
  process
• Consensus building meetings involving rest of the
  management, staff and other stakeholders

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Strategic Planning

• People Support what they help Create
• Information Sharing and Feedback meetings
• Parallel Process meetings
• Purpose
• To explain the planning effort
• To explain draft documents
• To take your input back to the planning team
• Guarantee
• Your feedback will be seriously considered
• Limitation
• It is impossible to include all suggestions

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Strategic Planning

• Systems Thinking
• A system is made of a set of components that work
  together for the overall objective of the whole
  (output)
• Any system has
• An ideal output
• A feedback loop measures key factors and reports
  on the status of the results
• Inputs of assessments of where you are today
• Throughput consists of specific actions to ensure
  successful implementation of your plan

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Strategic Planning
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Strategic Planning
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Strategic Planning

• SWOT Analysis
• Strength
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats

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Project Management

• Project lifecycle
• Conceiving
• Planning
• Implementing
• Completing and evaluating

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Project Management

• Project Parameters
• Quality
• Specification must be developed
• Time
• Schedule must be developed
• Cost
• Budget

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Project Management

• Listening a virtue for success
• Link projects to strategic planning

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Project Management

• Project management Software
• Microsoft Project