PST (.pst personal storage table format) files will be eliminated in August 2021 to keep information safe. IS’s OneTeam group is offering weekly Q&A sessions (next one is on April 13) to help caregivers who use this email archiving format prepare.
> Click into the article headline or graphic for more information on how you can prepare for this change.
On March 14, 2021, Kronos Workforce Scheduler (WFS) successfully went live for Montana’s Providence St. Joseph Medical Clinic – Polson. Encompassing the scheduling and staffing of four nursing and clinical departments in Polson, go-live support included training and remote support for all schedulers and managers.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to learn more about this successful go-live and how it will benefit Providence.
Hope you all enjoyed a nice Easter Weekend, and feel the same the sense of possibility that I do with spring here and the start of another quarter.
This coming month, the countdown to our May 15 Epic go-live for Orange County/High Desert (OCHD) starts, with final cutover beginning April 24. In our 10-year journey with Epic, this is a massive milestone for Providence and one of the biggest Epic go-lives in health system history . . .
> Click into the article headline or graphic to hear more about how we can support the Epic go-live, how we’re refocusing attention on supporting our regional partners, and a little more about how we’re preparing for our upcoming hybrid work model.
In preparation for the upcoming Epic rollout at legacy St. Joseph Health ministries, users of St. Joseph Imprivata, the “tap and go” single sign-on application used in clinical environments, will be migrated to the Providence instance of Imprivata.
> Click into the article headline or graphic for the revised date and a workaround that will easily capture usernames/passwords to make the transfer over to Providence Imprivata more seamless for caregivers.
In early 2021, IS Network Services rolled out a wireless network called ProvidenceCaregiver as the primary standard wi-fi connection for devices managed by IS, as well as personal devices. Now that ProvidenceCaregiver is live at all Providence ministries and locations, we are moving on decommissioning legacy wireless networks, starting with prov.employee and phscorp.
> Click into the article headline or graphic for details of the phases of decommissioning of legacy wireless networks and how to be ready.
In partnership with Year Up Puget Sound, Providence IS welcomed four interns as part of a program aimed at fostering diversity within our talent pipeline and helping bridge the opportunity divide in our community and into STEM-related career paths. From late-September 2020 to March 26, 2021, our five Year Up interns supported a variety of teams across IS TEO and IS Strategy & Centers of Excellence organizations.
> Click into the article headline or graphic for join us in congratulating this graduating class, see what’s next for them, and what’s next for expanding our partnership with Year Up.
Spring is a great time to improve your skills and working knowledge of Microsoft applications. Each month, IS OneTeam offers a wide variety of courses, including SharePoint Online, Excel, OneDrive, Forms, Teams, Power Automate, and more.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to see the latest schedule of April training opportunities.
In conjunction with International Women’s Day, on March 8, RESO joined the construction industry in celebrating and uplifting its women professionals as part of the annual Women in Construction Week. Women make up a small percentage of the total workforce in the construction industry, but their contributions are great here at Providence.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to meet 11 of our women forging paths and diverse careers in RESO.
Most of us have set up security questions and answers in the Identity & Access Management (IAM) portal to make it easier for us when calling the AskIT IS Service Desk and having to verify our identity. This means no longer needing to provide the last four digits of their social security number (SSN) or date of birth to verify their identity. Some 80,000 caregivers, mostly clinical ones, have not yet taken this critical step. Starting next week, targeted email communications will be sent every four weeks to caregivers who have not yet set up these security questions and answers.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to learn more about this campaign around Security Questions/Answers and how you can set them up if still needed.
RESO leaders will be included in conversation on two upcoming Providence LinkedIn/Facebook live events on April 8 and April 16. If you’re interested in the topics of affordable housing and facility planning, these talks will be of interest to you.
> Click into the article headline or graphic for details about both streamed events and how to access.
