Collaborative Governance: Informatics Committee

"promoting excellence every day"

INFORMATICS COMMITTEE
2011 Goal | Overview | Responsibilities | CG Informatics Champions

Collaborative Governance
Committees

Diversity

Patient Education

Ethics in Clinical Practice

Informatics

Policy, Procedure & Products

Practice & Quality Oversight Subcommittees

Research & Evidence-based

Staff Nurse Advisory

Current work:

Champions are actively working on three projects:
- Development of an informatics orientation process, which will provide a concise introduction to MGH Informatics (exclusive of documentation), so that PCS staff can more easily learn about and use Partners/MGH applications to improve efficiency and optimize patient care.
- An "eCard" project, which involves developing and implementing an electronic greeting card program for inpatients, to be used by our patients' families and friends.
- ACD Testing: Learning the basics of e-chart and participating in testing the application’s functionality.

2011 Goals

The goal of the committee is to have a Patient Care Services staff that is both knowledgeable and competent with informatics used for patient care, education, and research. Since this is the first year of this committee, the following are the expectations for the coming year:

Educate champions about Informatics and the organizational structure of Partners Information Systems and about systems and software that are used at MGH and Partners.
Conduct a survey to obtain champions knowledge of Informatics and to identify informatics needs.
Conduct a needs assessment for informatics in the clinical areas, identify a major need and devise an educational plan for that need.

Meets:
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month 1:00pm-2:30pm
Trustees
Conference Room, Bulfinch 225A

Committee Contacts:

Co-Chairs
Shelly Stuler, RN
PCS Informatics

Abby MacDonald, LICSW
Social Work

Coach
Ann McDermott, RN PCS Informatics

Advisor
Sally Millar, RN Director, PCS Informatics

CG Informatics Champions

INFORMATICS COMMITTEE OVERVIEW

The Patient Care Services Informatics Committee is a multi-disciplinary committee responsible for informatics education, identification of informatics issues, and the development of solutions for those issues so that Patient Care Services staff will better be able to support the mission of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Champions will act as resources for initiatives relating to informatics. return to top

Responsibilities:

Enhance professional development.
Create a climate of inclusion in activities throughout the system.
Engage in joint projects with other Collaborative Governance committees.
Align the work of the committee with PCS strategic goals. return to top