Time to Upgrade!
I was recently in a meeting where I heard an update on IT
initiatives occurring across the system and locally at the Research
Institute. It’s amazing to see all of the various hardware and software
applications that need to be updated and integrated to ensure associates and
providers can do their very best work day in and day out.
Some of the IT initiatives we can expect to see in the next
couple of months are Teleconferencing (WebEx) on Smartphone's, an upgrade to
Internet Explorer 11 (occurred already for most) and a massive PC refresh initiative that occurs each year, on a recurring
four year cycle. I’m especially excited about the PC refresh
project as it means roughly 150 desktops and 20 laptops will be swapped out and replaced with
brand new models. We are also taking this opportunity to work with departments
needing to adapt to changing work flow by replacing desktops with
laptop/docking station combos. Finally, knowing that we can’t always
control the desk space we have available to us, we will procure “micro form
factor” PCs that are about a third of the foot print as a regular PC… yet have
the same CPU and memory as their larger counterpart.
Communication will be forthcoming around the PC refresh
project, but I would like to extend a big thank you to the MedStar Health’s dedicated and knowledgeable IT team for keeping us all
connected!