Making Waves October 07 - James Paget University Hospitals

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Some of the 200 staff who attended the CSCA Bus ICM Order Comms Project Team - Alan Gregory, Kim Turner, Tina Liles, Ian Moore IPM PAS Project Team - Angela Woodcock, Cyprian Hague, Paul Harries, Veronica Riseborough iPM PAS and iCM Order Comms (Two Major National Programmes for IT (NPfIT) Projects) The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is the 10 year phased programme to use IT to benefit patient care across England. There are now two new major NPfIT projects underway that will affect staff at JPUH and the outreach hospitals and clinics in locations such as Beccles, Halesworth, Lowestoft and Southwold: iPM PAS and iCM Order Comms. iPM PAS iPM PAS will replace the HISS Patient Administration System (PAS). The project will affect everyone that currently uses the HISS, around 1,800 staff, both here at the JPUH and at clinics and hospitals in the PCT. Amongst many benefits, the new iPM PAS will introduce: • more effective patient tracking • improved bed management • improved discharge planning • wrist band availability on the Wards • and will enable the iCM Order Comms system to work. A series of workshops are being held in September and October to detail the processes needed to work with the new system and the project team would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all those people making the time to attend and contribute. iPM PAS training will start in mid January 2008 but, if you have not attended a Basic IT Skills Training Course, you will still need to submit your Training Needs Analysis (TNA) and, if required, will need to attend the free Basic IT Skills training that is on offer, as soon as possible. Call the Training Team on extension 3836. The iPM PAS Go-Live is planned for 1st April 2008. 6 October 2007 Making Waves iCM Order Comms The new iCM Order Comms system will provide a new, electronic way to request Pathology and Radiology tests and to view results, replacing the paper forms that are currently used. It will also provide the ability to request other patient services such as Transport and therapies and to request some tests performed by external locations. iCM Order Comms will affect everyone that currently places or receives requests, or views test results. Around 1,500 staff will use ICM Order Comms. The new system is expected to bring benefits to patient safety, patient satisfaction and 18 Week Wait, including the following: • Improved quality of test requests • Elimination of lost order forms • Improved appropriateness of test requests • Reduced duplication of tests • Acknowledgement that results have been seen and will be acted upon • Consistent presentation of results in a user-friendly style. The processes needed to work with the iCM Order Comms system will be detailed during workshops in November and training is due to take place from May 2008. A phased go-live is planned between July and October 2008. Smartcards Every member of staff will require their own Smartcard in order to access these new systems. We will be contacting you in the near future to fix you up with your own card. www.jpaget.nhs.uk
CSCA Bus Many staff will have met members of our iPM PAS and iCM Order Comms project teams and our supplier, CSCA, around the Trust, or during the recent demonstrations on the CSCA Bus. The bus visited JPUH for three days early in July and was a huge success. Over 200 clinical and non-clinical staff came aboard to see demonstrations of iPM PAS and iCM Order Comms. The response was amazing! Over 90% of attendees rated the demonstrations average to highly informative and around 80% rated them average to highly relevant to their specific area. We had a huge demand for the demonstrations with all 22 sessions being filled within 24 hours of our email, poster and canteen invitations being sent out! But don’t worry if you missed the bus, we are planning another visit in October. Watch out for posters, flyers and emails with more news. Latest News Updates Keep your eyes open for updates on the progress of the iPM PAS and iCM Order Comms Projects in the Monthly Briefing, Making Waves or via emails from the Projects or through your Line Manager. Alternatively check out our new iPM/iCM Intranet page. If you have any questions about iPM PAS or iCM Order Comms, please email the project teams on connectingforhealth@jpaget.nhs.uk or call them on 01493 453838 (ext 3838). Win a Digital Camera The iPM PAS and iCM Order Comms team have got a fabulous digital camera to give away, donated by CSCA, to a lucky member of Trust staff. All you have to do is answer this simple question below. The answer is in the iPM PAS article in this edition of Making Waves. Q: What is the planned Go-Live date for the iPM PAS? A: Name Job Title Department Contact Extension Number Send your completed form to ‘Making Waves Competition’, Communications and Foundation Office, JPUH. The closing date is 30th November 2007. The draw for winners will be made on 1st December and they will appear in the December issue of Making Waves. Cups and pens will be awarded for second and third places. Good luck! ✃ Little Leah benefits from charity donation Four year old Leah Sage from Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, was born with a congenital heart condition and has had two major heart operations in her very short life. She needs to have her blood checked regularly and until very recently, had to visit the hospital frequently for blood tests. This has all changed now with the donation of a Coaguchek XS device by the Charity organisation 'Anticoagulation Europe', worth £400. This device will mean that this can be done at home, saving her the distressing regular visit to the hospital. Sarah Simpson, Anticoagulation Nurse Specialist said: ‘It’s just like a home diabetes testing kit with a small skin prick. It will be so much better for Leah and her family and we are delighted that this has been sorted out for them through the generosity of this charity.’ Royal thanks for Godfrey and Vera Godfrey and Vera Ringwood of Gorleston have been fundraising for the Trust for 27 years. In that time they’ve raised an amazing £60,000! This has been used to buy kit for the children’s ward, ICU and A&E to name but a few. In July, they attended one of the Queen’s Royal Garden parties at Buckingham Palace and had a really special day. Vera said: ‘We had the opportunity to walk around the various royal gardens, saw the lake and had a delicious tea. There were over 3,000 people there from all walks of life. We felt honoured to be present and it was a day that we will never forget.’ Godfrey added: ‘We’d like to thank everyone whose helped us over the years by giving us gifts to sell on stalls. We could not have raised this money without your support.’ www.jpaget.nhs.uk October 2007 Making Waves 7
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