To prioritize multiple healthcare administrative projects, assess urgency and impact, align with organizational goals, consider resource availability, break down large projects, and regularly review and adjust. By following these strategies, you can effectively manage multiple projects, prioritize effectively, and ensure that your healthcare organization's administrative needs are met.

I sort them into a matrix: impact vs. urgency. I tackle high-impact, high-urgency first. If two tasks are equal, I choose based on dependencies—what unblocks others? This way, I’m making strategic, not just reactive, decisions." Make every decision deliberate! 💡

I'm very much an outside-in person, although I realize how important internal culture and wellbeing is. But really, there's only two options for prioritization: Outside-in (customer-first. Prioritize what is going to make the biggest difference for customers). Inside-out (employee-first. Prioritize what is going to make the biggest difference for your internal team). The biggest mistake I've seen throughout my career is prioritizing by "how much effort something takes". Teams will do the hardest things first or the easiest things first, without asking "should we be doing these things at all" first. So much of the prioritization comes down to "should we do this" instead of "what should we do first".

Most than one person in the C-suite has told me that I’m scrappy so I’ll say something unconventional. Toss aside everything you’ve heard about project management. I think it’s not about using 80/20 or the Eisenhower matrix, or using Asana to document your pm work. It’s about recognising that people drive projects and that timing is often, everything. This gut feeling, intuition, sixth sense is powerful in prioritising. When I feel it, I let it drive the agenda. You can spend a lot of company time and money being busy, calendaring, planning, budgeting. And the lack of impact will show. So follow your gut. You can get wild things done overnight when the time is right. You can do nothing for weeks and one email changes everything.

When managing many healthcare projects, it’s important to decide what to do first. Start by looking at deadlines. Projects that are urgent or have strict deadlines should be done first. Next, think about the impact on patients. Projects that directly improve patient care or safety should be a top priority. Also, check what resources you have, like staff or money, and choose projects that can start right away with those resources. Another thing to consider is dependencies. If one project relies on another to be finished, start with the one that must be completed first. By focusing on urgency, patient impact, available resources, and dependencies, you can handle multiple projects in a more organized way and keep everything on track.