Phishing Drills – Don’t get caught!

For Everyone To help keep our patients’ and HM data safe, the IT security team is  sending phishing email drills on a regular basis. A phishing email is disguised to look like an email from a familiar sender or someone you trust, but with the intent of disrupting...

New Outpatient COVID-19 CDC Requirement

For All Clinicians In alignment with the latest CDC updates to discontinue isolation, a confirmed COVID-19 infection status will now automatically expire in 20 days for non-hospitalized patients. This is due to available data indicating that persons with mild to...

Text Messaging to Patients’ Loved Ones Updated to Include Unit and Phone Number

For Inpatient and OB Nurses To make it easier for our patients’ loved ones to know who to contact for more information, the unit/department name and phone number are now included on certain preconfigured text messages. Also, messages sent over the previous five days...

IT Maintenance – Aug. 9

For Everyone Major IT Systems Interruption: Saturday, Aug. 8 at 11:50 p.m. to Sunday, Aug. 9 at approx. 4 a.m. IT will perform system maintenance beginning Saturday, Aug. 8 at 11:50 p.m. until Sunday, Aug. 9 at approximately 4 a.m. There is no impact to phones,...

Agency/Travel/Flex Nurses – System Access and Epic Training

For HR and Hiring Managers Once HR sets up the agency, travel or flex nurse as a Person of Interest (POI) in MARS, they will get assigned one of the following online trainings during clinical orientation. The nurse will receive an automatic email from LMS with login...

COVID-19 Floaters – Request Form and Training Required

For Floating Employees and Managers of Floating Employees Needing Epic Access To secure additional Epic access for staff who are floating due to COVID-19, the following steps are required by the employee’s manager or the manager of the department the employee is...

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