TAMC employs new evaluation software
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Aroostook Medical Center is taking another step forward in the organization’s continuing efforts to strive for high quality and safety for patients by partnering with Nashville-based OnSomble, provider of a comprehensive software solution designed to measure core competencies within organizations.
“Measuring our nurses’ current competencies and potential needs and strengths will be the key to addressing training and preceptor opportunities,” said Roland Joy, vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at TAMC. To do that, according to Joy, the hospital will use OnSomble’s proprietary software OnRole. The software provides data-driven insights to help discern competency levels.
“The OnRole online 360-degree evaluation tool incorporates peers, managers and employees for a complete well-rounded evaluation,” said Joy. “Many key reports are available, and the data collected will give managers a greater understanding of the training and educational needs most needed by their staff members.
“With OnRole, nurses will be better equipped to focus their efforts on the areas most evident for learning and growth opportunities,” he said.
The partnership between TAMC and OnSomble fits with the facility’s vision to offer the highest quality of care to patients through leveraging innovative technologies and upholding the highest standards of care. The software has been specially customized to measure the 11 Maine nursing core competencies and provide a non-subjective employee evaluation that is both meaningful for the employee and the organization. Competencies will be measured including professionalism, leadership, patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, teamwork and collaboration, communication, system-based practice, informatics and technology, safety, quality improvement and geriatrics.
The multi-year innovative initiative is scheduled to begin this fall, with the objective of improving core competency metrics that support practice excellence, quality, and patient safety.
“TAMC is a pioneering organization that has been in the forefront of innovation within the state of Maine,” stated Enderson Miranda, president and COO of OnSomble, Inc.
“We are very honored to work alongside TAMC’s nursing leadership team in the deployment of a sustainable and efficient online measurement system to track and improve the knowledge, skills, and behaviors associated with the 11 Maine nursing core competencies. OnRole will provide TAMC’s nurses with individual feedback, while trending educational opportunities across the nursing continuum allowing the manager to offer education that targets specific needs,” Miranda said.
