Overview: Project management is an essential skill for a HIM professional who is preparing stakeholders for change. You need to consider activities to successfully implement new initiatives and the right people to assist with the change and the appropriate timelines. These skills ensure appropriate communication, training, and support are in place to support the new initiative.

Prompt: In this assignment, you will develop a Gantt chart. The Gantt chart is a project management tool used to consider the timeline and activities you need to consider as you implement the health information exchange. You need to consider three tasks for each section in the chart. You can refer to page 901 in your textbook for an example Gantt chart.

There is also an example for you in the Gantt Chart template. Here is a breakdown of the key components and rationale:

Activity:

Identify potential HIE models

Project Leader: HIM manager

Plan Start: Week One (You will use blocks of weeks as start and end dates)

Plan Duration: Week Five Actual

Duration: Four weeks

You can see from the graph that the activity was completed one week early. It makes sense that this activity would happen in the early phases of implementation and that it would be facilitated by the health information manager.