We are excited to announce the next launch date for our Baret implementation at Monash Health – here’s what you need to know!
On Tuesday 5 September, all overnight clinical employees who currently use Smartpage will start using Baret via Microsoft Teams for clinical communication. This change will impact all medical, nursing, midwifery, pathology and radiology employees who work overnight and use Smartpage, including our nursing coordinators (NCOs).
Pagers will still remain for receiving emergency communication (e.g. clinical codes) and contacting non-clinical employees (e.g. General Services).
What do I need to do?
To ensure that you are ‘Baret Ready’ there is training available and engagement activities planned for each site, including Baret Rounding and Baret Log On Events! If you are a clinician who works overnight and currently uses Smartpage, make sure you visit the ‘Events and Webinar’ page of the M365 Knowledge Hub to check out the training and engagement events.
Baret Training
Head to the Baret Latte eLearning package to complete your 15-minute Baret training now!
There are also a number of Baret Role-based Communication webinars that you can drop into via Teams to see the Baret application in action and ask questions. These 30-minute webinars are available from Tuesday 15 August and you can join the Teams link by selecting the webinar you wish to attend on the ‘Events and Webinar’ page of the M365 Knowledge Hub. From the Knowledge Hub you can add Baret webinars and events to your Outlook Calendar. These can also be viewed with relevant Baret support materials from the Getting Started With Baret Page of the M365 Knowledge Hub following the completion of the Baret Latte eLearning package.
Available webinars
| Date | Time |
| Tuesday 15 August | 2.00pm – 2.30pm |
| Tuesday 22 August | 2.00pm – 2.30pm |
| Wednesday 23 August | 1.00pm – 1.30pm |
| Tuesday 29 August | 2.00pm – 2.30pm |
| Tuesday 29 August | 3.00pm – 3.30pm |
| Wednesday 30 August | 1.00pm – 1.30pm |
| Wednesday 30 August | 2.00pm – 2.30pm |
| Thursday 31 August | 2.00pm – 2.30pm |
| Monday 4 September | 2.00pm – 2.30pm |
| Monday 4 September | 3.00pm – 3.30pm |
Baret Rounding
The Baret team will be rounding across wards and sites from the week commencing 14th August, to ensure you are ‘Baret Ready’ for Tuesday 5 September!
| Date | Site | Time |
| Tuesday 15 August | Moorabbin | 1.00pm – 8.00pm |
| Wednesday 16 August | MMC/MCH | 1.00pm – 8.00pm |
| Wednesday 23 August | Casey | 1.00pm – 8.00pm |
| Tuesday 29 August | Dandenong | 1.00pm – 8.00pm |
| Wednesday 30 August | Kingston Centre | 1.00pm – 8.00pm |
| Monday 4 September | MMC/MCH | 1.00pm – 8.00pm |
Baret Log On Events
Stop by the Baret Log On Event at your site at the beginning or end of your night shift to ensure you are ‘Baret Ready’! The team will help you download, pin and register for the Baret application and can show you how to ‘clock on’, send and receive messages. It only takes 5 minutes!
Details of specific locations at each site will be communicated.
| Date | Site | Time of Log On Event |
| Monday 14 August | Casey | 7.30am – 8.15am |
| Tuesday 15 August | Moorabbin | 8.30pm – 9.15pm |
| Wednesday 16 August | Dandenong | 7.30am – 8.15am |
| Wednesday 16 August | MMC/MCH | 8.30pm – 9.15pm |
| Thursday 17 August | Kingston Centre | 7.30am – 8.15am |
| Wednesday 23 August | Casey | 8.30pm – 9.15pm |
| Tuesday 29 August | Dandenong | 8.30pm – 9.15pm |
| Wednesday 30 August | Kingston Centre | 8.30pm – 9.15pm |
| Monday 4 September | Moorabbin | 7.30am – 8.15am |
| Monday 4 September | MMC/MCH | 8.30pm – 9.15pm |
About Baret
Baret, a replacement for pagers/Lanpage and Smartpage for non-emergency clinical communication, has reached its next phase of transition across Monash Health. Baret operates within Microsoft Teams and streamlines communication by enabling quick access to the right person for timely decision-making.
Aside from significantly improving clinician communications and consolidating our platforms, it provides real-time workload distribution insights, enhanced data security and patient confidentiality, and a secure clinical photograph transmission feature.
Find out more
Visit the Getting Started with Baret – M365 Knowledge Hub page, or contact the Baret team at baret@monashhealth.org to learn more.
Approved by Associate Professor Michael Franco, Acting Executive Director – Digital Health