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A new and improved BWH intranet—BWHPikeNotes.org—is slated for release next week with significantly improved navigation and search functionality and a completely new look. The home page, which records thousands of hits daily, features several news stories and announcements, the day’s events and Quick Links and Clinical Links, giving PikeNotes users easy access to useful online resources like the cafeteria menu, conference room scheduling and clinical manuals.
The site was designed with input from employees and staff every step of the way. The main navigation bar runs across the top of every PikeNotes page, showcasing easy-to-read buttons for Home and sections for Policies, Forms, Patient & Family Care, Employee & Staff Resources, Departments & Centers, News and About BWH. Each tab changes color from blue to light blue as users mouse over it; the tab turns white when users click into a specific section. Users can easily find their way around each section by clicking items in the left-hand navigation bar, which expands and collapses as users click deeper into content.
“You’ve made PikeNotes into a dream for nurses,” said one BWH nurse who participated in the final phase of user testing during the development process for the site. BWH Public Affairs and Partners IS Web Development Team led a lengthy redesign effort, engaging approximately 85 hospital employees and staff who use PikeNotes as part of their job.
The Policies section—a brand new area on the intranet—brings together thousands of documents detailing hospital-wide and department-specific policies, manuals and procedure guidelines in one place. This section contains, among many other policies, Nursing manuals and guidelines, the Hospital Administrative and Medical Staff Manual and Pharmacy policies, including Drug Administration Guidelines.
By housing all policies in one section, the Web Development Team was able to build a policy-only search function. From the Policies landing page, a user can enter search words for a policy, manual or guideline, and the search—powered by Google—will identify only relevant policies.
The switch-over from the current site will occur early next week. Be sure to check out the About BWH section for more details about what’s available on PikeNotes, and stay tuned for coming site enhancements and more content.