WILMINGTON, DE – The Nemours children's healthcare system is using cloud technology from Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Saba to enable enterprise-wide learning and compliance with its Epic electronic medical record system.
Nemours’ EMR system is used daily by more than 3,600 employees; compliance requires that each employee also complete training annually. Officials say that, by using the Saba People Cloud’s scalable and interactive Web-based training, Nemours is able to meet rising demand by its 4,800 employees for more flexible training.
“The Epic EMR solution is at the heart of everything we do here, and no one receives access without proper training,” said Heather Kelley, supervisor, instructional designers, Nemours. “Saba’s People Cloud Applications have helped us accelerate the adoption of EMR by providing role-based training to learners, and achieve the highest level of healthcare compliance, which is critical to success in our industry.”
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Standardized governance and ongoing course development has accelerated the adoption of EMR technologies and as a result has improved clinical use of the EMR and enabled Nemours to be more agile and responsive to market demands, officials say.
Saba’s Learning Management System offers access to the training necessary to maintain high employee performance and safety, they add – and enables faster on-boarding with online skill-based training, enhanced patient care and improved staff efficiency, highest-level of compliance set forth by The Joint Commission and OSHA, improved tracking of course completions and signoffs and enabled support for SCORM-based, off-the-shelf, and customized courses.
Additionally, Saba Learning Management supports the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) content standard allowing Nemours access to off-the-shelf content as well as internally developed training. As a result, Nemours has been able to build a library of more than 1,500 courses to create knowledge-sharing among the entire enterprise value chain, including the organization’s 4,800 associates, plus more than 1,000 residents, students and community physicians.
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“People are an organization’s most valuable asset," said Karen Steele, senior vice president, corporate marketing, Saba. "Providing both formal and informal learning that is scalable and interactive is critical, especially when rolling out an enterprise-wide technology initiative that impacts the lives of hundreds and thousands of patients on a daily basis."
