Northeastern University
Introduction to Service Innovation and Management
Northeastern University

Introduction to Service Innovation and Management

Taught in English

Course

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

Beginner level

Recommended experience

16 hours to complete
3 weeks at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn

  • Analyze the operational approaches to the execution of strategic plans and how it can be used effectively to achieve organizational goals

  • Evaluate the application of the various approaches and tools needed for change management and their impact on the culture of an organization

  • Evaluate the ever-changing healthcare environmental, political, economic and other factors considered in the execution of a strategic plan

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There are 4 modules in this course

This module begins with an overview of the course and the process improvement project. Next, you will learn about the new processes and technologies that healthcare innovation can bring to improve the customer experience. You will explore healthcare ecosystems and the challenges that healthcare organizations face. You will then begin work on your process improvement plan by laying the foundation and specifying the context in which your process occurs. You will begin researching and exploring organizational processes that could benefit from process improvement and how to begin planning for those process improvements.

What's included

11 videos14 readings7 quizzes2 discussion prompts

The exact definition of organizational culture is debated: Is it the patterns of behavior of employees? The language and jargon used? The types of communications, actions, beliefs, values, and traditions of the organization? Organizational culture is all of these things, as well as how these things interact and combine to determine the degree to which staff, customers, and stakeholders identify with the organization. In healthcare organizations, the patient population drives much of the organization’s culture and success. Understanding (ideally informed by data analytics) the culture is critical to understand when considering implementing a new change or process inside that organization. This module will describe the extent to which the organizational culture represents the foundation on which excellence customer service is built and can be improved upon. Additionally, you will begin to expand on your process improvement plan by identifying the the operational process that you would like to improve or redesign throughout this course.

What's included

8 videos7 readings10 quizzes1 peer review

In process improvement, the term "operational management" is used to describe the planning, design, implementation, and continuous monitoring of the provision of services. Operations managers in healthcare, like in every industry, have responsibilities in both strategy and day-to-day operations to ensure that the services provided are well managed so that the organization remains competitive. Processes must be well-designed, aligned, and optimized to better support the patient journey. In this module, you will review the early stages of process development while focusing on approaches to planning for process change. Next, you will engage in process mapping and identify the redundancies, workflows, handoffs, and subsystems involved in processes. You will create a model design, and plan out the initial deployments of improvements.

What's included

3 videos8 readings7 quizzes1 peer review

In this module, you will continue to develop your process improvement plan but integrating a strategy for data collection and analysis to support your decision-making. You will explore the role data plays in decision making and how to articulate your organization’s plan for process development. You will identify different criteria for active and passive data and how you can apply different data metrics to process improvement.

What's included

3 videos8 readings7 quizzes2 discussion prompts

Instructor

George “Russ” Moran
Northeastern University
4 Courses7,207 learners

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