Go-Live Date Set for McKesson 10.3.1.5 Upgrade

WellStar’s mission is “to create and deliver high quality hospital, physician and other healthcare related services that improve the health and well-being of the individuals and communities we serve.” Clinical Information Technology plays an integral role in enabling and supporting our teams’ accomplishing this mission. 

WellStar Health System is excited to announce an upcoming major upgrade to our McKesson  Hospital Information System. This upgrade to version 10.3 will impact the majority of our hospital-based electronic health record and clinical decision support systems and will go-live March 4, 2012.

Advanced functionality with this release means improved patient care through better application integration, management of clinical data and reporting and implementation of Computerized Provider Order Entry with online medication reconciliation. All new servers and a related database upgrade will improve system stability and performance. This upgrade is the next milestone on WellStar’s Right Path. Right Path branding will help team members recognize steps on our journey to improving patient care through information technology.

Certified technology in the 10.3 upgrade will allow WellStar’s eligible hospitals to qualify for the government’s Meaningful Use program. This will result in WellStar receiving stimulus funds exceeding $30 million over the next four years, intended to offset the cost of our Clinical Information Technology projects.

We understand our teams’ preparation and training will play a critical role in our successful implementation of this upgrade, and we are working closely with Organization Learning to finalize plans that will include multiple training methods including online and in-person training as well as our newly branded, “CyberStars” team. CyberStars are super-user team members who will provide on-site support and expertise, particularly during implementation.

More details regarding timelines, training and next steps will be communicated over the next few weeks. We appreciate your patience and support as we work to implement this important upgrade and begin our journey along the Right Path.