As announced at our Open Forum last week, the Enterprise Information Security policy team has been working hard on updating the Information Security Policies and Standards to help Providence better prevent, detect, and respond to cyberattack.
>Click into the article headline or graphic for links to the revamped policies and standards, as well as more about the responsibilities we all have to implement these new policies.
I hope our Oregon and Washington caregivers are doing well after the recent extreme heat wave, and that everyone enjoyed a nice Independence Day and extended holiday weekend.
As we head into the middle of summer, I look forward to our phased transition to more in-person collaboration as outlined in my message to caregivers based in administrative centers on June 9. I appreciate all the work of RESO to reconfigure our office spaces to allow for this new flexible work model and the partnership with IS Administrative Technology and TEO on the platform, tools and standard devices that will support our new model.
Congratulations to Tabitha Lieberman on her HIMSS Most Influential Women in Health IT award! Tabitha is part of an impressive and highly respected slate of global winners, including leaders from government, tech companies, and academia. HIMMS is recognizing Tabitha’s role in making Providence a global leader successfully deploying a single standard EHR and related world-class standard applications. We value Tabitha’s passion and unwavering determination to meet the ambitious goals of our organization for the benefit of our patients and caregivers. This is also a testament to the work of her organization and all other teams who have contributed to so many great achievements, including the most recent Epic upgrade. We are all very proud of your great work.
I’m excited about the second-annual August 31 IS & RESO Virtual Summer Social. Even though many of us are eager for opportunities to gather again in person, the experience of the past year and a half has taught us that this is a great way to come together as one big organization across states, cities, and even continents, with the participation of our PGC caregivers . . .
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For those of us traditionally based out of administrative centers, we have begun moving forward with our new flexible work model, resuming some in-person collaboration opportunities, and supporting our continued flexibility and innovative approach to work this model offers.
> Click into the article headline for more details about the phased approach for increased on-site collaboration and pilots that starts this week.
In July, OneTeam is offering a variety of learning session to help you increase your knowledge of Microsoft applications, including new classes on file management in Office 365 and working in cloud.
> Click into the article headline or graphic for the full training schedule and more information.
On our June 30, 2021 IS & RESO Open Forum, Providence Global Center’s SVP/Country Head Murali Krishna shared hopeful, impressive progress toward getting its caregivers and their families vaccinated in Hyderabad. As many of us have read, India has faced vaccine availability issues, so this was a great contribution to the health and peace of mind of 540 PGC caregivers, family, and vendor/agency partners.
> Click into the article headline or graphic for more about the clinics and an update on current Indian COVID stats.
The nominating period for the second quarterly cycle of our IS & RESO-wide award is now open through July 15. The quarterly peer-nominated award recognizes business achievements of both individuals and teams who live our Providence Values, lead with excellence, and demonstrate the Simplify, Modernize, Innovate principles, so crucial to the success of our combined organization.
> Click into the article headline or graphic for more information, including the link to the awards site/nominating form.
Following a similar style of Teams virtual events to our 2020 Virtual Summer Social and Christmas Parties, with multiple activity sessions, IS & RESO will hold its 2021 IS & RESO Virtual Summer Social on Tuesday, August 31. The meeting invite will go out shortly for your choice of time slot – one to accommodate US early birds and PGC caregivers in the evening, and another in the afternoon for our US caregivers.
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On our June 30 IS & RESO Open Forum, Kerrie Bartel-Christensen, VP and Interim Head of RESO, and Wendy Trapp, ass. project manager, shared some of the ways Providence is helping deal with the recruiting challenges that a lack of affordable workforce housing poses.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to learn more about how we define affordable housing and some of our efforts to address Oregon and Alaska communities served by Providence.
We had nearly 1,700 caregivers join our Wednesday, June 30, 2021 Open Forum, during which our IS & RESO executives covered a wide variety of timely topics.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to see the full agenda and to view the recording, slides, and caregiver questions in Yammer.
Providence has been using Stanley Healthcare products for real time locating system (RTLS) to track location of equipment and assets, monitor inventory, as well as real time locating of patients for safety and security. Now, IS & RESO, along with Providence regulatory partners, have collaborated on a playbook to help govern the use of these devices and ease the way for our clinical caregivers.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to learn more about RTLS and the new governance playbook.
