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BICS Modernization will be implemented Saturday between 2 and 5:45 a.m.
All BICS applications and certain other applications will not be operational during this downtime. These include BICS Order Entry, BICS Chemo Order Entry, OR Display and OR Scheduling. Individual departments are advised to follow their documented system downtime procedures during this period. In addition, several systems will be interrupted for a few minutes only between 4:45 and 5:15 a.m. These include BWH ED Tracking, Emergency Department Order Entry and eMAR. Systems available during the downtime include Partners Phone Directory, Paging, LMR and CDR.
Following the implementation, the plan is to remedy any major issues that arise over the weekend prior to Monday morning. Problems encountered after 5:45 a.m. Saturday should be reported to the BWH Help Desk, ext. 2-5927.
BICS modernization is a multi-year project that has converted 137 integrated applications to newer Cache technology while maintaining the same functionality. BICS users will find the same navigation on the new system as before. The modernization project will bring about a fully upgraded computing environment with greater reliability, stability and ease of enhancement.
Additional information on this project can be found on the homepage of www.bwhpikenotes.org.