Ill. hospital uses InfoLogix to keep employees up to date on technology

NAPERVILLE, IL – Administrators, clinicians and other staff at Edward Hospital don't have much time to learn the latest software applications and hospital procedures. When the choice comes down to taking a training course or doing your job in an ever-busy healthcare environment, healthcare wins out.

The hospital had offered four-hour training sessions at least 10 times a month, but those were hard to fit into a tight schedule, and often clinicians had to postpone or cancel sessions if a medical emergency arose. As a result, the traditional, classroom-based approach was proving unwieldy and expensive.

To keep its employees up to date on the latest tools and procedures, the 300-bed, full-service hospital in Naperville, Ill., turned to InfoLogix to implement an online training system.

InfoLogix, based in Hatboro, Pa., offers enterprise mobility and wireless asset tracking solutions to a number of healthcare providers, including Kaiser Permanente, the MultiCare Health System and the Stanford School of Medicine. The company created a customized version of its OnTrack Learning Management System for Edward Hospital, developing an online curriculum for more than 150 supervisors and department managers.

The system allowed hospital employees to develop their own individual training schedules. The Web-based program is accessible from any computer and at any time.

"Training administrators and clinicians in a busy healthcare organization involves significant logistical challenges, but InfoLogix studied our requirements and built a Learning Management System that's custom-tailored to how we work, right down to the smallest detail," said Teresa Oliszewicz, the hospital's manager of organization development and learning. "Now we have a fully-automated training system that allows us to train employees quickly and efficiently so they can devote time to what matters most - our patients."  

"Based on our experience working with more than 1,400 hospitals nationwide, we know organizational development and training are ongoing challenges to healthcare organizations," said David Gulian, InfoLogix's president and CEO. "We're excited about the customized Learning Management System we created for Edward Hospital, as we believe that new technology solutions play a vital role in increasing efficiencies, reducing costs and providing better patient care."