Working from home has some unique advantages, such as a shorter commute and a relaxed dress code. But it also has some unique challenges…the many distractions of home, pets or children and even guilt. Work-from-home guilt may sound silly, but it’s real.
Do you suffer from work-from-home guilt?
More than two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re fortunate that we have not seen a large influx of COVID-19-positive patients filling up our hospital beds.
But we still need to be prepared now and into the future—we’ve been working on a surge plan, should we need it.
SafeWatch is the cornerstone of our patient safety program—when you report something in SafeWatch, you are helping keep our patients safe. You can use SafeWatch to report events (where an issue reached a patient) as well as great catches (where an issue was caught before it reached a patient).
Each month, there are about 1,700 reports made through SafeWatch. Over a third of these are great catches.
Working remotely presents some different challenges. You may have family members, housemates or pets running around you all day, asking for attention. You may feel isolated and overwhelmed by work. Either way, you’ll want to develop some reasonable boundaries with the others in your home as well as with yourself.
Here are a few tips to help you find some balance:
If you are working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, you’re probably attending more Webex and Microsoft Teams meetings and webinars than you did in the past. You’ve probably gotten pretty good with the technology, but how good are your manners?
Online etiquette, like etiquette in general, helps promote professional communication, respect and greater efficiency. Online etiquette is not much different from an in-person meeting or presentation, but it has a technological twist.
If you’re working remotely, you may have questions about which telework tools will work best and which are supported by TSG. Here’s a list of tools to use in different situations.
As we work to flatten the pandemic curve, more of you may be working remotely. Here are some tips to make the transition easier if you are preparing to work from home:
It's easiest to change your AD password when you're in a Carilion facility.
We are continuing to offer ways for our patients to interact with caregivers safely from their homes.
Last week we began offering three new virtual care options, which over 7,000 patients have already participated in.
MyChart Message
As we continue our response to COVID-19 within our organization, we are developing a plan for employees who may need to work remotely. If we need many employees to work remotely, this may require a phased approach. We will communicate policies and processes for remote work as soon as we have them in place.
Meanwhile, some employees may already be working remotely. If you are working from home, please keep the following things in mind:
As we continue our response to COVID-19 within our organization, we are developing a plan for employees who may need to work remotely. If we need many employees to work remotely, this may require a phased approach. We will communicate policies and processes for remote work as soon as we have them in place.
Meanwhile, some employees may already be working remotely. If you have employees who are working from home, please communicate and reinforce the following technology guidance:
