Collaborative Governance: Informatics Committee

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INFORMATICS COMMITTEE
Overview | Responsibilities | 2015 Accomplishments | 20016 Goals | CG Informatics Champions

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Committee on Diversity and Inclusion

Ethics in Clinical Practice

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Clinical Practice Committee

Quality and Safety

Research and Evidence-Based Practice

Current Work:

Committee champions asked whether Tube Feedings can be scannable in the MAR; this has been an issue consistently raised in rounds. PCS Informatics is working to solve this issue and will update the committee on their work.
Wentworth Douglass is another Partners facility that is now live with Epic. When receiving patients from WDH we do not need copies of the tests because we can view it all in Epic Chart Review.

There is a Partner’s workgroup working on documentation with the goal to make recommendations on the standards for nursing. We will learn their recommendations later this year.

Acomplishments 2019

The Informatics committee assisted in the development of the updated downtime binders, with updated forms and workflows.
In 2019 identified “tips and tricks”, currently active in Epic but that champions felt were underutilized on the units. We presented these ‘staff picks’ at our Collaborative Governance Fair, many were also shared as part of the continued Epic Rounding initiation on inpatient units.

2020 Goals

Champions will continue to look into interdisciplinary workflows, focusing on continuity with nutrition ordering, as well as documentation across floors and procedural areas.
Champions will assist in the goal of initiating “tap and go” technology on certain pilot units in the hospital, after the update to Windows 10.
Champions will assist in the transition to our new transparent acuity system, predicted for summer 2020.

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Meets:
2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 1-2:30 pm in the Trustees Room, Bulfinch 225 A

Committee Contacts:

Co-Chairs
Meghan Roche, RN
Neuroscience, Lunder 6 mkroche@partners.org

Emily Doyle, RN
Neurosciences EFDoyle@Partners.org

Coach:
Melissa Lantry, RN
PCS Informatics MLantry@Partners.org

Advisor:
Ann Marie Dwyer, RN
PCS Informatics ADwyer2@Partners.org

Recorder:

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