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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
MyResidency: New Tool for Doctors in TrainingPart of the revised eCommons, MyResidency is a software platform that supports doctors in training during graduate medical education. The system includes a calendar to track rotations, rounds and events, evaluation forms, alerts for important information, attendance monitoring, and a repository for procedure and case logs. MyResidency collects information necessary for Medicare cost reports and satisfies the security requirements of HIPAA. Users can also download and upload information into a PDA. Since the platform is modular, a residency program or hospital can use selected portions, which remain interconnected."We've gotten a lot of very positive feedback from users already," said Jules Dienstag, professor of medicine and associate dean for academic and clinical programs. Although all of MyResidency's features are offered to the Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitals, the purpose is not to homogenize their residencies. "This system isn't meant to create uniformity at all hospitals and programs, but only to provide a foundation that each institution can customize for each program and specialty," Dienstag said. For example, all evaluations have a standard foundation for distribution and collection, but a hospital or program can change the evaluation's content to reflect any information that it needs to collect. "There were a lot of one-off solutions for keeping track of residents' information and data, but none provided an enterprise solution," said John Halamka, associate professor of medicine and chief information officer at HMS. With only one year since its initial release, MyResidency now has more than 4,600 users at 62 residencies throughout HMS, who have documented 82,000 procedures and 154,000 evaluations. Prospective users should direct any questions to myresidency_support@hms.harvard.edu. --Nicole Giese |
