Prepare for Daylight Saving Time – Sunday, Nov. 3

On Sunday, Nov. 3, we adjust our clocks back one hour due to the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST). Please review the following notes impacting LaborWorkx and Epic for this change: LaborWorkxFor employees working the third shift during the time change (Nov. 2 – Nov....

IT Security – Protecting Patient Information

More than 563 million records have been leaked by various healthcare providers and institutions since 2012. Just last week, a health system reported an accidental release of 507 patient records by an employee through an email attachment. Houston Methodist takes...

IllumiCare Smart Ribbon Launches Systemwide

Better Patient Care, Lower Financial Costs   IllumiCare Smart Ribbon – a movable banner that displays over Epic – launched systemwide April 3, following a successful Houston Methodist Sugar Land pilot. Smart Ribbon provides real-time, patient-specific costs and...

MARS Travel & Expense

Avoid Approving Duplicate Expenses     When you’re approving expenses in MARS, make sure you avoid approving duplicate items by taking note of the warning, Duplicate line found. We’re developing a MARS solution that will automatically prevent duplicate...

IllumiCare Smart Ribbon Launches Systemwide on April 3

On April 3, IllumiCare Smart Ribbon – a movable banner that displays over Epic – will launch systemwide. Smart Ribbon provides real-time, patient-specific cost and select risk data regarding medications, labs, radiology and observational status at the point of care....

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