What gracious hosts, our CCHS colleagues have been. We have enjoyed our time with our clinical and IT colleagues, had some enjoyable meals (prime rib, pizza, Mexican food). Pictured below are 20 of my best friends: clinical nurse informaticists, physician informaticists, EHR trainers and implementation specialists. It takes a village (not pictured: the rest of the village).
Personally, it is a joy to connect with colleagues IRL (hey! you aren’t just a 2 x 2 inch face on my laptop!). Epic go-live is our excuse, but human connection is what we live for.
Of course, some of us introverts have to head home, exhausted after all this socializing, and others (Jon Pell!) go off after dinner to the Big Lost Meadery for trivia night, apparently.
It is so gratifying to bring colleagues successfully through a big change like implementing an EHR. Congrats to all. CCHS is doing well: already breaking even financially for their go live on day 4. And, the doctors and nurses handling the transition very well, hiccups and all.
And, oh yes, enjoy the song, and thanks to Hope Thompson for bringing real singing talent to this poor man’s recital.
Here are the lyrics
Campbell County Bighorn Mountain High (thanks to John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High) Intro: D Em G G A7 She went [D]live in the [Em]summer, of her [C]twenty seventh [A]year; Coming [D]home to a [Em]system she'd never [G]used before She [D]left Meditech behind her, You might [Em]say she was [C]trained [A]again You might [D]say she found a [Em]use for her [G]keyboard. When she [D]first put down her [Em]script pads, her [C]life was [A]far away; In [D]Hyperspace, [Em]hanging by a [G]thread But [D]Epic was really [Em]tough for her, and she [C]found it hard to [A]care; It keeps [D]changing fast, and it's [Em]hard to stay [G]ahead [G]Campbell County [A]Bighorn Mountain [D]high We're [G]saving patients and [A]we're improving [D]lives. [G]Friends around the [A]keyboard, [D]keeping our quality [G]high. [A]Bighorn Mountain [D]high, [Em]Wyoming [G] [A]Bighorn Mountain [D]high, [Em]Wyoming [G] [A7] She [D]mastered Epic [Em]chart review, she saw [C]morning vitals[A] flow; She saw [D]lab results as [Em]far as you can [G]see And they [D]say that she got crazy once, and hit [Em]control [C]alt [A]delete She thought she [D]lost her note, but it was [Em]saved in [C]memory [A] Now she [D]works in quiet [Em]solitude, with a [C]keyboard and a [A]screen; Making [D]sense of [Em]complex patient [G]history Her [D]sight has turned [Em]inside herself to [C]try and [A]understand; The [D]serenity of a [Em]collaborative [C]discharge [A]plan [G]Cambell County [A]Bighorn Mountain [D]high We're [G]saving patients and [A]we're improving [D]lives. [G]Friends around the [A]keyboard [D]keeping our quality [G]high [A]Bighorn Mountain [D]high, [Em]Wyoming [G] [A]Bighorn Mountain [D]high, [Em]Wyoming [G] [A7] [D]
