Week 6 - MBA 6101 - Ascend Your Start-Up

 This week's reading reminded me of the project my director and I were volunteered to trial and implement throughout the hospital. I required the bedside nurse to validate data in the computer to ensure it matched the documentation. To complete the project, the validation and documentation needed to be >95% accurate for three consecutive months. Other hospitals have attempted complete this project but have had little success. Seeing that this project may not be completed, I came up with a plan to manage the project by working night shift for the next 90 days. 

This plan was rejected, and I was told that the project needed to be completed with a sustainable implementation plan. My director created a plan using Roger's Theory of Early Adopters. It called for training a select group who would implement the plan at first and slowly train the rest of the unit. The implementation was nearly flawless and now we are on track to achieve 100% accuracy for the second month. The success was because we developed a plan, adjusted for the errors, and now can implement the project. This is similar to the recommendations from Helen Yu. I continue to look forward to the success of my unit as well as the rest of the hospital as we rollout out the project to the rest of the units.