Managing Change In Healthcare
In today’s health care system, delivery processes involve numerous interfaces and patient handoffs among multiple health care practitioners with varying levels of educational and occupational training (O’Daniel & Rosenstein, 2008). Many of our healthcare organizations are building a better infrastructure to provide better communication, collaboration, and committee leadership.
O’Daniel & Rosenstein, 2008 states that lack of communication, leadership, and collaboration can create situations where medical errors can occur. Collaboration and committee leadership between physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals increases team members’ awareness (O’Daniel & Rosenstein, 2008).
Consequently, medical errors have the potential …show more content…
Discussion of the importance of managing change
All change is not bad; in fact some change can be healthy and positive. Change is like a revolving door that happens to occurs in both our professional and our private lives. The only reason managing change can seem negative, and unwanted within an organization is when trust between leaders and the rest of the team is not valued and appreciated.
Today’s leaders who are committed know how to manage the organizational impact of information systems can sharply reduce the behavioural resistance to change, including to new technology (Lorenzi, & Riley, 2000).
Change always requires the effort to learn something that brings you out of your comfort zone, which many of would learning something new is a loss in terms of time and energy that could have been used elsewhere (Lorenzi, & Riley, 2000). Although some may welcome the learning opportunity, many of us don't want to invest that time and energy unless we are dissatisfied with the current arrangements or see powerful advantages to the proposed change (Lorenzi, & Riley, 2000). Upgrading to new software is a common example, in which the future benefits may not be seen as sufficient to outweigh the short-term investment required to learn the new programs (Lorenzi, & Riley, …show more content…
As the Director of Health Information Management, there will be many changes as well as challenges ahead to ensure a successful EHR project is manage. Therefore I have learned during my research is to be able to set realistic expectations, communication, learning and
O’Daniel & Rosenstein, 2008 states that lack of communication, leadership, and collaboration can create situations where medical errors can occur. Collaboration and committee leadership between physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals increases team members’ awareness (O’Daniel & Rosenstein, 2008).
Consequently, medical errors have the potential …show more content…
Discussion of the importance of managing change
All change is not bad; in fact some change can be healthy and positive. Change is like a revolving door that happens to occurs in both our professional and our private lives. The only reason managing change can seem negative, and unwanted within an organization is when trust between leaders and the rest of the team is not valued and appreciated.
Today’s leaders who are committed know how to manage the organizational impact of information systems can sharply reduce the behavioural resistance to change, including to new technology (Lorenzi, & Riley, 2000).
Change always requires the effort to learn something that brings you out of your comfort zone, which many of would learning something new is a loss in terms of time and energy that could have been used elsewhere (Lorenzi, & Riley, 2000). Although some may welcome the learning opportunity, many of us don't want to invest that time and energy unless we are dissatisfied with the current arrangements or see powerful advantages to the proposed change (Lorenzi, & Riley, 2000). Upgrading to new software is a common example, in which the future benefits may not be seen as sufficient to outweigh the short-term investment required to learn the new programs (Lorenzi, & Riley, …show more content…
As the Director of Health Information Management, there will be many changes as well as challenges ahead to ensure a successful EHR project is manage. Therefore I have learned during my research is to be able to set realistic expectations, communication, learning and