PHSA’s new intranet POD is now live. POD is available to VCH, Fraser Health and Providence Health Care staff. If you use POD, take a minute to visit the site, and see which pages have been updated.

Check it out at http://2pod.phsa.ca.

Why would VCH staff use POD?

• Clinical purposes
• Educational purposes
• Looking up PHSA staff in our directory.

How will the new POD affect VCH staff?

• Changing links: If your program currently has links to pages on PHSA’s POD from your teamsite, please update your links. Search the site to find the new link you’ll need to set; if you can’t find the new location for your information, reach out to the editor noted at the bottom of the old POD page that you had linked to. Please note: links to the old POD will be broken as of June 2017.
• Browser requirements: The new POD can only be viewed through Google Chrome or versions of Internet Explorer that are 10 or higher. New POD will not be accessible on versions of Internet Explorer 9 or below.

If you do not have Internet Explorer 10 or higher, you will need to have Google Chrome on your desktop. Most employees should already have Chrome installed. If you are unsure if you have Google Chrome installed, search your programs folder to be sure. (Program folders can be found by clicking the Windows icon at the bottom, left-hand side of your screen.) If you still can’t see Google Chrome, you may need to contact your IMITS group about getting it installed on your computer.

New features

Frequent users will notice:

• A fresh look and feel (no more orange!)
• Intuitive navigation and drop-down menus to help search for information faster
• A new directory format, which includes more information as well as the ability to search all health authority staff across the province.

Our improved search function allows users to:

• Filter results by document type such as excel, word and PDF or by page
• Hover over a searched item to see a visual preview of the content
• ‘Follow’ or easily send the page or url to other users
• Find other related content, in addition to your searched item

There are a few remaining sections to be updated, but the most up-to-date information will now be posted on the new POD site. Users can access the old POD until mid-late May 2017. At the end of May, old POD will be taken down and new POD will be the single go-to source for staff across PHSA.

Questions?

Please send feedback to webhelp@phsa.ca.