Trailblazing With Framework

Pro tip: no project/initiative ever made sense at inception…until it did. Or didn’t. The only way to predict the future is to make it.

Even if you’re trailblazing here, it’s already been done somewhere else. They all use some sort of project framework which is some version of the EPIS framework:

• Exploration Phase
  • Identify care gaps
• • Literature review
• • Understand local laws
• • Review evidence-based practice
• • Identify current care
• • Survey stakeholders
  • Collect data from EHR
• Preparation Phase
  • Engage stakeholders to:
    • Create goals and objectives
    • Scope new service
    • Create deliverables
    • Explore funding
    • Determine staffing
    • Develop documentation plan
    • Plan implementation
• Implementation Phase
  • Initiate new service
• • Monitor volume
• • Monitor workflow
  • Gather team support:
    • Share plan
    • Communicate benefits
    • Elicit feedback
• Sustainment Phase
  • Assess outcomes
• • Share outcomes
• • Adapt workflow
• • Determine opportunities
  • Consider expansion