Outpatient Surgery Magazine

OR Excellence 2019 Awards - September 2019 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

Outpatient Surgery Magazine, providing current information on Surgical Services, Surgical Facility Administration, Outpatient Surgery News and Trends, OR Excellence and more.

Issue link: http://outpatientsurgery.uberflip.com/i/1164519

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 39 of 144

laparoscopic appendectomy), even if an extra comma or space is included. Bingo — same procedure and surgeon, but new card. So a nurse might make a change to a card, but it might have been made to the wrong 1 of 11 cards that CPT code generated. On a periodic basis, delete redundant cards. It's labor-intensive but very helpful to have one card to update going forward. Get supply chain staff involved. As your supply chain manager combs through schedules looking for potential items of concern or specialty needs, accurate preference cards can be a fantastic resource for her. Develop a system to communicate inventory changes to and from supply chain staff. If you change your contractor for a stapler, then you need to change the cards for all of the surgeons and procedures that list the old staplers. Remember, pickers are usu- ally non-clinical. If the reference number doesn't match the needed item, they're not going to pick it, and the OR is out of luck. Leverage your reps. Beyond helping the surgeon, manufactur- er reps can assist nurses with charge capture and expiration date tracking. They can also provide useful information that you can apply to preference cards — things like manufacturer instructions and contraindications. Go digital. Many facilities are still old school, using formatted paper cards to list surgeon preferences and editing them with pencil and eraser. Others use printouts, some use electronic systems. Consult your EHR or practice management software vendor. They might offer a way to work your preference cards into their systems and integrate them with supply chain management. 9 10 8 4 0 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 Business Advisor BA

Articles in this issue

Archives of this issue

view archives of Outpatient Surgery Magazine - OR Excellence 2019 Awards - September 2019 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine