Volume 10
Issue 15 July 24, 2015
PRESBYbulletin Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
CareerSTAT Recognizes Penn Medicine as ‘Frontline Healthcare Worker Champion’ Penn Medicine was among 10 healthcare employers recognized nationwide as 2015 “Frontline Healthcare Worker Champions” by CareerSTAT, an initiative of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions and Jobs for the Future. This program acknowledges healthcare organizations that have made
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Penn Medicine was among 10 health-care employers recognized nationwide
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a lasting investment in their frontline workers by promoting internal career progression and providing access to on-site training and skills development opportunities. Penn Medicine offers five-week apprenticeships for on-the-job training, 300 development sessions to enhance job performance, and a tuition assistance program to help develop its frontline workforce, which include patient intake coordinators, medical assistants, certified nursing assistants and dietary service staff.
PENN MEDICINE INFORMATION SERVICES WINS TWO PRESTIGIOUS IS INDUSTRY AWARDS Penn Medicine’s Information Services team has been recognized by Health & Hospital Networks with two awards, Most Wired and the 2015 Innovator Award. These awards recognize Penn Medicine for its work in keeping ahead of the technological curve. The annual Most Wired survey aims to measure the level of information technology adoption in U.S. hospitals and health systems. The 2015 Most Wired Survey distinguishes Penn Medicine for their use of technology throughout the health system. Each year, H&HN only recognizes those health syst sy stem emss th that at are set etti ting ng the ben ench chma mark rk for hea ealt lthc hcar aree te tech chno nolo logy gy ado dopt ptio ion n. “A Ach chie ievi ving ng Mos ostt Wi Wire red d co cons nsis iste tent ntly ly yea earr aft afteer ye year ar req equi uire ress a tr true ue tea eam m eff effo ort rt.. Our Penn Medicine Information Services team demonstrates an ongoing commiitment toward d innovating i upon and d accellerating i tech hnology l advances d to provide excellence in patient care deliveryy,” said Michael Restuccia, vice pres pr esid iden entt an and d ch chie ieff in info form rmat atio ion n office cerr fo forr th thee Un Univ iver ersi sity ty of Pe Penn nnsy sylv lvan ania ia Health lth Systtem. H&HN H& HN also lso hono honore red d Inf Inform format ati tion ion Serv Serviices ices wit ith h th thee 20 2015 15 Inn nnov ovat ator tor Award d for the team’s work in developing and implementing a Mobile Patient Dashboard. Develope p d with clinical staff in mind,, the Mobile Patient Dashboard ap pp prov pr ovid ides es qui uick ck acc cces esss to ele lect ctro roni nicc me medi dica call re reco cord rdss th thro roug ugh h an eas asyy-to to-u -use se interface. In a controlled test, clinical staff members were able to access data via the app in an average of 2.5 seconds—a dramatic improvement when compared to data access via the desktop application. Clinicians pointed out that the new app was particularly useful during shift changes, allowing incoming staff to quickly get up to speed on patient information compiled by the primary care team.