If you’ve joined one of our recent IS Open Forum calls with CIO B.J. Moore, you’ll know we are totally geeking out over blockchain. Whether enabling cyptocurrencies or powerful new approaches to ensuring data security, blockchain is a hot topic.
> Click into the article headline or graphic for a bit more about the potential of this technology and a recent article that cited our PSJH Ventures acquisition in this space.
Did you know our WAN transformation initiative has converted 392 sites and counting? The WAN Transformation project will begin migrating Tier 1/Tier 2 locations over the next 45 days. Unlike the smaller clinic T3 sites, the larger T2/T1 site migration process does not require any re-IP changes (touching every piece of equipment).
> Click the article headline or graphic to learn more about the progress and approach of this critical network upgrade, now moving to the next phase.
David Endicott, CTO and SVP of IS Technology, Engineering & Operations (TEO) shared the following announcement with TEO groups and select IS leaders in the past weeks regarding the departure of Phil Moore, GVP of IS Operations.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to see CTO/SVP David Endicott’s memo regarding Phil and the interim IS Ops leadership.
Our IS executives continue to share our thought leadership within our IT professional networks and the broader community.
Last week, SVP of Clinical & Revenue Cycle Applications, Tabitha Lieberman, was featured in Healthcare IT News, sharing perspectives on EHR interoperability and our patient-centric approach to trying to empower them with their data. Epic Happy Together has the potential to help with that proliferation problem.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to hear her thoughts and find a link to share with your social network.
The April 6 upgrade of PSJH Epic for Alaska and the April 7 upgrades of PSJH Epic for Washington/Montana and Oregon/California were successes, representing great teamwork and coordination from across IS and our clinical partners.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to learn more about how the upgrade compared to prior ones and some stats from SVP of Clinical & Revenue Cycle Apps, Tabitha Lieberman.
ServiceNow is scheduled to be upgraded to the latest release, code-named Madrid, on Thursday, May 2, at 6:00 p.m. (PT). This upgrade is required for continued vendor support, to support platform security updates, and to enhance mobile functionality.
> Click into the article headline or graphic to learn more about what the upgrade means for IS and how to prepare.
During the first week of March, 15 IS caregivers selected as part of the 2019 IS Mission Service volunteering trip were in the foothills of Guatemala, helping build latrines and hand washing stations for households that lacked these basic necessities so critical for sanitation and disease prevention.
We want to includes their stories in the next few months of IS Update, letting some of the caregivers on the trip talk about the way it felt to live our Mission and Values in those communities and what lessons they took back.
> Hear from caregivers Anna Persha and Jennee’ Poole about how the experience affected their outlook.
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Thank you to all who gathered to watch or remotely viewed our IS Town Hall on Tuesday morning. For those of you who may have missed it or want to watch again, the webcast recording is now available. We also have the presentation to share.
> Click into the title or graphic for links to the recording, meeting materials, and survey.
It was exciting to bring together such a large group for the first quarterly IS Town Hall since my arrival. In Renton, where we originated the webcast, we had 120+ caregivers seated, with some having to stand! And it sounds like we had great in-room participation across regions. Know I appreciate your engagement.
I can’t encourage our team enough to take advantage of opportunities to get together, share, and ask our questions. Not just at our town halls, but your senior leaders’ team meetings, system webcasts you may be invited to attend, etc. We need to be on the same page and air our concerns, then try to speak to them as openly as possible. Sometimes when a clear answer doesn’t seem to exist, it’s because we don’t yet have one! But, as I said when covering my leadership principles, I will always try to be as transparent as possible.
> Read the rest of B.J.’s note and his leadership principles by clicking his graphic or the title.
