1 Take part in effective negotiating and use influencing skills. Imagine that you are a Chair for a project steering committee within a large...

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Take part in effective negotiating and use influencing skills.

Imagine that you are a Chair for a project steering committee within a large hospital system. The hospital has selected a vendor for a new EHR and you have been tasked with managing the contract negotiations with the vendor and managing the EHR implementation throughout the hospital. Differentiate three effective negotiating techniques used in healthcare, and distinguish the various influencing skills that could be fostered for change management.

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Take part in effective communication through project reports, business reports and professional communications.

Locate an official annual report for a hospital within your State or Region. Typically, the annual report is in the form of a PDF file, and you should be able to locate examples by searching the Internet for "hospital annual reports PDF." Once obtained, review the report carefully. Next, imagine that you are an administrator and leader for the hospital, and you are tasked with communicating the three (3) key highlights within the annual report through a professional communication with hospital staff members. Select the key highlights from the report that you wish to communicate and organize a summary of the annual report.

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Take part in enterprisewide committees.

Using a hospital's annual report that you obtained via the Internet, imagine that you are a healthcare executive who serves on an enterprisewide committee for the multi-hospital health system. You have been asked to lead the committee in making a decision. The CEO has asked that the committee is unanimous with their decision. Examine two (2) consensus-building techniques that would facilitate the decision-making process. Support your techniques with evidence published by credible sources; use the KU Library to find credible sources.

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Collaborate in the development and implementation of information governance initiatives.

Using a hospital's annual report that you obtained via the Internet, imagine that you are a healthcare executive who serves on an enterprisewide committee for the multi-hospital health system. You have been appointed as Chair for a sub-committee that will collaborate in the development and implementation of information governance initiatives. As Chair, you have decided that your first meeting's agenda will review two (2) issues (from the annual report) that can be resolved through information governance initiatives. Examine the issue in terms of information governance and summarize your ideas on how the committee will collaborate in developing and implementing solutions.