As shared on the December 1, 2020, Open Forum, this month, IS launched two new modern SharePoint Online portals to support our caregivers and centralize IS resources for convenience.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to learn about IS Central for the enterprise and IShub for our internal caregivers.
Our IS & RESO virtual Christmas Party is tomorrow, Thursday, December 10, 2020, with two time options to accommodate caregivers across U.S. regions and those based out of Hyderabad’s Providence Global Center. We hope you’ve enjoyed our daily countdown emails, with reflections and photos of Christmas over the decades across our many Providence ministries. Today, we’ll have our final reflection via IS & RESO Update.
> Click into the article headline or graphic for the reflection, final party details, and links to all the fun we have in store.
It was great to connect with IS & RESO on another Open Forum last week on December 1, with 1,800+ caregivers from across regions.
In addition to our cybersecurity, Modern Workplace updates, and intern introductions, we tried to give a brief update from our executive team on the preparations underway across the system to support the complex logistics of distributing what will be limited early supplies by state to our frontline, patient-facing caregivers. Thank you for your questions, many which were around the vaccine. I know there are many unknowns . . .
> Click into the article headline or graphic to read the rest of B.J.’s note, including system information around vaccine developments and our upcoming IS & RESO virtual Christmas Party tomorrow.
Social media and industry press have been buzzing about IS & RESO. Check out some recent interviews and articles featuring our executive team and work we can feel proud is getting high-profile attention.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to see some of our great work getting media attention.
Learn how the Kodiak, Alaska RESO team and King County IS, in partnership with Community Technologies, are helping their communities through this challenging COVID-19 pandemic and continuing Mission service, despite the challenges.
> Click into the article headline or graphic for more information, inspiration, and ways to get involved.
The schedule for file migration to OneDrive, which started earlier this year, is being extended, based on recent IS changes and caregiver feedback. Caregivers’ individual file shares (also called home drives, network drives, or personal drives), which are used for work-related storage and were modified or created after January 1, 2017, will be migrated to OneDrive in several phases in the coming months.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to learn more about the process and resources that can prepare you for the migration.
The OneTeam program of TEO continues to offer a host of trainings on Microsoft Modern Workplace applications. Their wide variety of courses can help you grow your skills in SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Forms, Teams and more.
> Click into the article headline or graphic for the December schedule, as well as info on their OneTeam Live! session, offered every Friday.
Caregivers who currently connect using the desktop client for Remote Desktop (RDP) should now connect through the PSJH Remote Desktop application published to the Citrix platforms. This will provide additional security features to ensure Providence resources are thoroughly protected. Additionally, the PSJH Remote Desktop application provides better performance and minimizes the impact on the Citrix Environment than existing Citrix MS Remote Desktop.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to learn more about this change as we retire the prior MS Remote Desktop icon.
Establishing consistent network names at all Providence locations will help ease the way for our caregivers, patients, and guests in connecting devices (laptop, mobile, tablet, and personal devices) to wireless networks, allowing for seamless wireless connectivity when visiting any Providence facility.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to learn about the four new wireless networks that will be consistent across Providence, when they roll out, and more.
Teams across Clinical Analytics, Healthcare Intelligence, Providence Global Center, and Information Security have collaborated to create the DetectionMap website as a community service to show neighborhood-level COVID-19 activity. This collaboration with Microsoft on the Azure cloud platform uses natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning, combined with our clinical data from daily patient interactions, and is intended to assist in day-to-day decisions.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to learn more about the tool before it is released to the public and to check out it functionality.
