Project Management + AI can dramatically improve outcomes in Healthcare
Interview with Dr Deepa Bhide, MBBS, DCH, PMP
Clinical Physician, Pediatrician, Medical Systems Expert
Author & Speaker on PM in Healthcare & Medical Fields
Researcher & Author on PM + AI in Healthcare
Hyderabad, India
Interviewed by Yasmina Khelifi
International Correspondent, PM World Journal
Paris, France
Introduction to the interviewee
Dr. Deepa Bhide, MBBS, DCH, PMP, has over 20 years of professional experience where she has blended medical practice and research with IT and Project Management. She juggles consulting, training, and operations and is proficient in clinical medicine, project management, and healthcare information technology. Starting her career as a medical practitioner, she has worked with varied organizations before her current stint as Vice President, Training, Clinical Support Solutions for Inventurus Knowledge Solutions.
Deepa’s growing interest and work in these areas, born from her day-to-day patient interactions, helped her view Project Management as a backbone of progressive healthcare. Her paper on “Patient Care – A Project Management Perspective” has received global recognition and acclaim. With a physician background as a solid foundation to leverage IT/PM skills and knowledge, Deepa has blended her broad-based experience and learnings to present a unified, holistic, and wholesome view of Project Management and Healthcare, a cross-domain confluence. Through various webinars, events, talks, and writings across platforms, Deepa has been an evangelist in championing global project management during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Gold medallist from Osmania University for standing First in the MBBS course, she pursued her DCH in Pediatrics and Child health. Deepa has served various roles in local and global Project Management Institute (PMI) regions. She remains actively engaged with PMI and has been a participant and speaker for various national and global meetings and online events.
Deepa lives in Hyderabad, India, and loves traveling, singing, and experimenting with global cuisine. She can be contacted at deepa.bhide@gmail.com.
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/deepabhide2000
Interview
Q1: First, thank you for accepting an interview request from PMWJ. You are a doctor. What was your journey to get an interest in project management?
Dr. Deepa Bhide (Dr. Bhide): Interestingly, you asked the same question I had from multiple people in 2007 when I initiated a conversation about my interest in project management and getting certified with the PMP. While innumerable instances from my clinical setup made me look for a consummate, appropriate, and tangible framework for my clinical challenges, here are a few situations that contributed to developing this interest.
- As a full-fledged clinician busy in my clinical practice as a Pediatrician, I was an entrepreneur for starting a “Well Baby Clinic” setup. It is generally noted that patients visit the doctor when they are indisposed. There is a lesser interest in visiting the doctor for a preventive visit. This is true about Pediatrics, too. The Well Baby clinic was my idea to provide comprehensive healthcare services specifically for infants and young children, typically from birth up to around 5 or 6 years old, with a focus on preventative care such as regular checkups scheduled to monitor a child’s growth and development, identify potential health issues early on, and ensure they are on track with developmental milestones, vaccinations according to the immunization schedule, provide nutritional guidance and advice such as breastfeeding, introducing solid foods, and addressing any dietary concerns. It also included guidance on early intervention in case any developmental delays or health problems are identified during checkups and family education. This whole continuum of care, from the first second of the baby’s life to adulthood, was a project. I wanted to ensure I was not just treating the baby at the point of care. Preventive care was more important than just the care for a disease. I was seeking a framework to help me execute my idea.
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How to cite this work: Khelifi, Y. (2024). Project Management + AI can dramatically improve outcomes in Healthcare, Interview with Dr. Deepa Khelifi, MBBS, DCH, PMP, PM World Journal, Vol. XIII, Issue VIII, August. Available online at https://pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pmwj144-Aug2024-Khelifi-Interview-with-Dr-Deepa-Bhide.pdf
About the Interviewer
Yasmina Khelifi
Paris, France
Yasmina Khelifi, PMP, PMI- ACP, PMI-PBA is an experienced project manager in the telecom industry. Along with her 20-year career at Orange S.A. (the large French multinational telecommunications corporation), she sharpened her global leadership skills, delivering projects with major manufacturers and SIM makers. Yasmina strives for building collaborative bridges between people to make international projects successful. She relies on three pillars: project management skills, the languages she speaks, and a passion for sharing knowledge.
She is a PMP certification holder since 2013, a PMI- ACP and PMI-PBA certification holder since 2020. She is an active volunteer member at PMI France and PMI UAE, and a member of PMI Germany Chapter. French-native, she can speak German, English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and she is learning Arabic. Yasmina loves sharing her knowledge and experiences at work, in her volunteers’ activities at PMI, and in projectmanagement.com as a regular blogger. She is also the host and co-founder of the podcast Global Leaders Talk with Yasmina Khelifi to help people in becoming better international leaders.
Yasmina can be contacted at https://yasminakhelifi.com/ or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasminakhelifi-pmp-telecom/
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