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<sec><h3>Background</h3>
<p>The COVID-19 pandemic was a shock event for many sectors, with the healthcare sector undoubtedly being the one most affected.</p>
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<sec><h3>Aim</h3>
<p>The study sought to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on project management within the healthcare industry, as this is the sector with the potential to implement innovations that mitigate such shocks in the foreseeable future.</p>
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<sec><h3>Methods</h3>
<p>The study was conducted between March and July 2023 by surveying professionally active individuals employed in hospitals who had experience in project implementation within the last five years. To discern the potential impact of the pandemic on project management practices in healthcare systems, we designed a specific survey questionnaire. Using a five-point Likert scale, participants assessed the importance of each criterion for their specific project. Of the total 389 respondents, there were 144 men and 245 women. The participants reported their involvement in 808 projects in total.</p>
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<sec><h3>Results</h3>
<p>Results show that after the pandemic, the importance of project efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction as factors for project success has increased. Moreover, the study revealed a stronger emphasis on the projects’ impact on the future.</p>
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<sec><h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>The pandemic has reshaped healthcare project management priorities, with project managers and sponsors collectively striving for recovery and improvement.</p>
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Background
The COVID-19 pandemic was a shock event for many sectors, with the healthcare sector undoubtedly being the one most affected.

Aim
The study sought to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on project management within the healthcare industry, as this is the sector with the potential to implement innovations that mitigate such shocks in the foreseeable future.

Methods
The study was conducted between March and July 2023 by surveying professionally active individuals employed in hospitals who had experience in project implementation within the last five years. To discern the potential impact of the pandemic on project management practices in healthcare systems, we designed a specific survey questionnaire. Using a five-point Likert scale, participants assessed the importance of each criterion for their specific project. Of the total 389 respondents, there were 144 men and 245 women. The participants reported their involvement in 808 projects in total.

Results
Results show that after the pandemic, the importance of project efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction as factors for project success has increased. Moreover, the study revealed a stronger emphasis on the projects’ impact on the future.

Conclusion
The pandemic has reshaped healthcare project management priorities, with project managers and sponsors collectively striving for recovery and improvement.

Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Project Management: A Shift in Standards?

Department of Management and Logistics in Health Care

Department of Entrepreneurship and Industrial Policy, Faculty of Management

Journal of Health Study and Medicine

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Background
The COVID-19 pandemic was a shock event for many sectors, with the healthcare sector undoubtedly being the one most affected.

Aim
The study sought...

Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Project Management: A Shift in Standards?

Publicado en línea: 03 feb 2024

Páginas: 175 - 193

Recibido: 02 oct 2023

Aceptado: 15 nov 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jhsm-2023-0011

Palabras clave
COVID-19 pandemic, project management, healthcare, hospitals, project success

© 2023 Ariadna Bednarz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Project Management: A Shift in Standards?

Publicado en línea: 03 feb 2024

Páginas: 175 - 193

Recibido: 02 oct 2023

Aceptado: 15 nov 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jhsm-2023-0011

Palabras claveCOVID-19 pandemic, project management, healthcare, hospitals, project success

© 2023 Ariadna Bednarz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
COVID-19 pandemic, project management, healthcare, hospitals, project success