2011 Nursing Annual Report - FINAL.pub - South Shore Hospital

ImprovementsMEDITECH 5.6 UpgradeThe Clinical Informatics Team, led by Kathleen Melvin, RN, MS,worked with the IS and Pharmacy teams in this major undertaking.This process involved direct caregivers from all clinicalareas providing input, resulting in a major re‐write of manycomponents of the documentation systems, streamlining theworkflow in many areas. The work that was accomplished bythe many team members demonstrates their complete dedicationto the patients, families and peers that we serve.Their teamwork demonstrated great synergy in the collaborationbetween the clinical and information system colleagues asthey worked to ensure that the end‐product would meet theneeds of the many users. The core team – with the support of100 super‐users – was vital to the successful implementationby providing support throughout the clinical areas. Over 500changes were made in the week after go‐live, during which thesuper‐users provided 24/7 support.Pictured above: Kathleen Melvin, RN, MS,who led the Clinical Informatics Team duringlast year’s Meditech 5.6 Upgrade.Pictured below: Jill Ribbe, RN, SICU, andAlicia DelPrete, RN, BSN, ONC, P4S, preparefor our information system upgrade.49