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2008 Multispecialty Conference
Informatics Track
Thursday, Oct 2 - Friday, Oct 3
This two-day track is designed for nurse informaticists, nurses new to this field, as well as staff nurses and educators interested and/or training to become involved in nursing informatics. Attend this track to obtain the skills you need to optimize your facility's technology, make confident decisions, and improve processes. In addition, you will take part in first-hand information system demonstrations provided by leading software companies.
Thursday, October 2
Day one consists of two concurrent sessions to select from per time frame.
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am - 8:15 am 8:15 am - 9:45 am |
Welcome Concurrent Sessions Session 4781 Informatics 101 Marion McCall, RN, BBA, CNOR, CPHIT Gift in Kind Provided by GE Healthcare As the use of Clinical Information System and/or Electronic Health Records for perioperative services becomes standard, nurses are expected to use, understand and maintain these applications; but much of the terminology and processes around information technology are foreign to them. This session will offer an introduction to some of the theory, terminology and IT structure that can assist perioperative nurses as they assume roles in system selections, project implementation/management and/or maintenance of an existing system. Session 4782 Workflow Issues - IS Implementation Kathy Hayden, RN, MSN, CNOR & Pauline Robitaille, RN, MSN, CNOR Gift in Kind Provided by McKesson Technologies Solutions in support of Kathy Hayden This session will explore the multitude of workflow issues that exist during an information systems implementation. You will learn how critical it is to address and resolve workflow issues prior to developing, customizing, or implementing your information system. |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am |
Break |
| 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
Concurrent Sessions Session 4901 (new) Aging Perioperative Nurses: Retention Strategies Lydia Forsythe, PhD, RN, MA, MSN, CNOR & Jeanne M. Lattanzio, RN Gift in Kind Provided by The J2 Group (Session 4783 Cancelled) This session will explore the training and implementation required for an online system in the perioperative arena using informatics roles and perioperative nurses as the informatics leaders. In particular, we will take a look through the lens of the expert operating room nurse, exploring the cultural stigma of aging and the positive development of changing roles. We will use the nurses’ experiences and ideas to discuss potential roles and ways to encourage and teach this population in ways that are creative and sustainable for their own success and the success of the preoperative departments. Session 4784 OR Informatics - 10 Steps to Success Barbara Harris Gift in Kind Provided by PeriOptima Informatics projects in the surgical environment exert major pressure on department resources, including budget, staff, and scheduling. By planning ahead and executing these ten basic preparatory activities, OR management can mitigate this pressure and ensure an optimal outcome. The time interval between the decision to install, upgrade, or replace a surgical information system and the start of actual implementation activities is often lengthy, sometimes extending for a year or more. This interval should be used to complete critical pre-implementation activities that can help ensure a trouble-free implementation and optimal performance of the new system. |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Break |
| 11:45 am - 12:45 pm |
Software and Industry Presentations Sponsored Lunch/Concurrent Sessions Unibased Systems Architecture (USA) A User’s Perspective: What Differentiates Surgery Management System Vendors Presented by George M. Giorgianni, National Director for Perioperative Solutions This session will outline key factors you can use to differentiate surgery management system vendors. Whether implementing new, or replacing, a surgical information system should be easy to use. Focusing on the end user, you will be presented with actual peer comments and a third party evaluation system that places vendors on a level playing field for comparison. In addition, a short demonstration of USA’s periOperative Resource Management System (ORMS) will highlight some of the unique features of their application that make it efficient and easy to use. McKesson Description forthcoming |
| 12:45 pm - 1:00 pm |
Break |
| 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Concurrent Sessions Session 4785 Managing Loaner Instrumentation Rose Seavey, RN, BS, MBA, CNOR, ACSP This presentation will help perioperative informatics professionals understand the importance of having written policies on managing loaner instrumentation for patient safety. It will cover recommended practices from AORN and AAMI as well as the ASHCSP/IAHCSMM Position Paper on Loaner Instrumentation. In addition the presenter will show how bar coding technology can be used to document and track loaner sets of instruments. Session 4786 Clinical Documentation and the PNDS Barry Sweigert, RN & Katherine A. Halverson-Carpenter, RN, MBA, CNOR Gift in Kind Provided by New West Consulting, LLC, in support of Barry Sweigert Are you using your clinical documentation system to its maximum advantage? In this session you will learn how to maximize the benefits of clinical documentation and how you can easily implement PNDS into your system. The presenters will also discuss the current tools available for a successful implementation. |
| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm |
Break Concurrent Sessions Session 4787 Catch the Wave of the Future: RFID and Inventory Control Elaine Palm, PhD In this engaging discussion you'll learn the latest about what some say is the future of tracking technologies. Starting with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) 101 and proceeding through the growing list of RFID applications in the health care setting, the speaker will provide an entertaining look at what's available right now and what the future holds. There will be a case study using one inventory tracking tool to show the real-time, hands-free advantages of RFID over barcodes. But RFID is not the panacea for everything and this session will also address areas where alternatives make more sense. Session 4788 Return on Investment - Making Your System Work for You Barry Sweigert, RN Gift in Kind Provided by New West Consulting, LLC This discussion will focus on the business implications of a Perioperative Information System. You will learn how to improve cost control measures and determine if you are returning a maximum return on investment (ROI). |
| 4:25 pm - 5:25 pm |
Software and Industry Presentations Sponsored Refreshment Break/Concurrent Sessions Coratek Perioperative Consulting Sizing Up Your Implementation – Key Decisions, Resource Requirements, & Timeline Presented by: Mark Atkins and Caleb Gilmer Whether your organization is at the beginning or in the midst of a project, this presentation will provide insight into the principal factors which lead to software implementation success. Discussion components will include:
Surgical Information Systems Presented by: Jessica L. White RN, MSN, BC, CNOR This session will demonstrate how SIS provides value at every point of the perioperative process. Developed specifically for the complex surgical environment, all SIS solutions – including anesthesia – are architected on a single database and integrate easily with other hospital systems. Attendees will learn how SIS empowers organizations to continually improve clinical, operational and financial outcomes with a POWERFUL, PROVEN and PRACTICAL solution. |
Friday, October 3
Day two consists of general sessions.
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am |
Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking |
| 8:15 am - 9:45 am | General Session 4789 TIGER Initiative Diane Skiba, PhD, FAAN, FACMI & Carol Petersen, RN, BSN, MAOM, CNOR The Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) Initiative resulted from the 2006 invitational summit entitled "Evidence and Informatics Transforming Nursing". This initiative has a goal to enable practicing nurses and nursing students to fully engage in the unfolding digital era of health care. This session will provide an overview of the seven pillars of the TIGER Initiative, progress made so far and the vision for the future. |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am |
Break |
| 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
General Session 4790 WIIFM - Change Management Patricia Conner Reynolds, RN, MSN Change creates anxiety for many people for many reasons. One reason is how individuals will be impacted not only in their work life but in their personal life as well. This presentation will help the learner understand the stages and process of change and how to cope. |
| 11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
Lunch on your own |
| 12:45 pm - 2:15 pm |
General Session 4791 Informatics Competencies: Are We There Yet? Carol Bickford, PhD, RN, BC Informatics competencies are becoming increasingly important for nurses in every health care facility and setting. Nurses are knowledge workers and must use information systems components in everyday practice. But how do we know that these nurses have the necessary skills and competencies to perform effectively? This session will help you to identify and then develop the necessary informatics competencies for your staff. |
| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm |
Break |
| 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
General Session 4792 Understanding and Optimizing Perioperative Information Technology Marion McCall, RN, BBA, CNOR, CPHIT Gift in Kind Provided by GE Healthcare This session will offer a high-level perspective on the evolving industry and governmental standards as they relate to health care information technologies within the perioperative realm. Computerized surgery management and anesthesia solutions can help support and facilitate clinical documentation, communication, and patient safety before, during and after surgery. This session will also discuss how many of the safety initiatives, expected and required today, can be optimized by utilizing existing technologies such as MS Word, or the use of the Web as an adjunct to your current IT software. |
Additional Events You Shouldn't Miss
Saturday PNDS for Informatics Workshop - Free
Monday Joint Commission Patient Safety Seminar
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AORN would like to thank the generous sponsors of the Informatics Track: |
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