Where: McCormick Place Convention Center Featuring: LiveData Booth 917, KARL STORZ Booth 844 Visit both the KARL STORZ and LiveData booth to learn about the Patient-Aware OR™. Combining KARL STORZ OR1® and LiveData OR-Dashboard™, the Patient-Aware OR delivers critical case information to the OR team precisely when needed before, during, and after the surgical procedure. The Patient-Aware OR, designed to promote best safety practices, also includes real-time dashboard tools for monitoring and facilitating compliance with SCIP guidelines and Joint Commission goals and helping hospitals meet CMS requirements. AORN offers an exciting array of sessions dedicated to the future of perioperative nursing. Surgical nurses will learn to better plan, direct, and coordinate the care of patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures, as well as make valuable connections among colleagues. Session topics will include: Changing OR Culture One Step at a Time
Miscommunication has been the #1 root cause of sentinel events in the past 10 years according to the Joint Commission. This session will describe ways to increase communication by changing the OR culture. The focus will be on how to incorporate briefing and debriefing into your surgical practice. Learn how LiveData OR-Dashboard and LiveData PACU Dashboard are facilitating cultural transformation in hospitals… Learn about the role of nurses in creating LiveData OR-Dashboard… Joint Commission and National Patient Safety Goals Update for 2009
An all day session will provide an update regarding changes to the Joint Commission standards and National Patient Safety Goals that affect perioperative services and professionals. The changes being brought about to the survey process and the Joint Commission accreditation standards by the Standards Improvement Initiative (SII) will also be targeted, as will the “opportunities for improvement” presented to perioperative professionals during a Joint Commission accreditation survey. In addition, preparation for an upcoming survey will be discussed. Learn how LiveData helps hospitals meet Joint Commission requirements… A “New” Twist on Pay-for-Performance: “Never Events” and CMS Quality Measures
This session will provide an overview of the current pay-forperformance (P4P) and transparency climate in the United States and will include a discussion of P4P trends, key policy issues, “never events,” CMS quality measures, and challenges for implementing P4P. The quality and effi ciency derived from P4P also will be reviewed, along with the impact P4P will have on perioperative services and professionals. Learn how LiveData OR-Dashboard helps the OR team meet SCIP guidelines… PNDS Primer Workshop Connecting PNDS to Acreditation The PNDS is a perioperative-focused nursing language that incorporates SCIP measures, Joint Comission standards, and National Patient Safety Goals to help drive clinical patient outcomes. The PNDS, the only standardized nursing vocabulary that addresses the perioperative patient experience, can be integrated into perioperative electronic documentation systems. AORN's Carol Petersen writes about the PNDS in LiveData's New Frontiers… For session schedule and registration information, go to the AORN 56th Congress website…
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