Unity Full Dress Rehearsal

February 16, 2018

The Unity Full Dress Rehearsal (FDR) is a complete run through of all activities that will take place during the go live of our new EPR system, to identify any issues ahead of actual go live.

Technical teams will carry out the full breadth of their activities (apart from switching any systems off). For operational teams it’s an opportunity to verify that Unity works in a business context.

FDR will take place over a three week period:

• Week 1– Technical work to ensure that the IT systems integrate, simulating technical go-live.
• Week 2 – Operational work to use the system in a live setting. This means a small number of users including nurses/midwives, healthcare assistants and ward clerks will work in both our current clinical systems e.g. eBMS and Unity at the same time.

This will take place week commencing Monday 16 April and will be in the following areas:

• • 16 – 20 April – ED and inpatient areas use Unity alongside CDA and Patient First
  • 16 April – Rehearsal at Sandwell Hospital inpatient areas and ED
  • 17 April – Rehearsal at City Hospital inpatient areas and ED and community inpatient areas
  • 18 April – Rehearsal in outpatient clinics
  • 19 April – Focus areas across all sites
  • 20 April – Any outstanding areas

• Week 3 – Focused work on areas of concern and issue resolution.

For the FDR to be successful, we need colleagues who will be using it during week two, to book onto early adopter training. All areas must ensure they identify a nurse (or midwife), HCA and ward clerk to be part of the training, inform them and book them on. The training is taking place between 19 March and 6 April.

Colleagues who are selected as early adopters should be rostered to work in the above areas on the date identified above.

More information about booking a place can be found here.

For more information please e-mail swbh.trustindigital@nhs.net