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June 2013 Vol 97 No 6 AORN Connections | C3 © AORN, Inc, 2013 AORN Connections is the news section of the AORN Journal, providing expert perspectives and in-depth coverage on perioperative news topics. Each month AORN Connections includes news and feature stories related to health care policy, management, technology, implementation of safe practices, and other perioperative practice issues. PUBLICATIONS DEPARTMENT DESIGN & PRODUCTION Leslie Knudson Kurt Jones Managing Editor Senior Graphic Designer CONTACT US: [email protected] AORN Connections is published monthly as part of the AORN Journal by AORN, the Associa- tion of Perioperative Registered Nurses. Copyright © 2013 AORN, Inc. All rights reserved. Views expressed in the editorial pages or statements or photographs in advertisements do not imply AORN endorsement. See the “Information for Readers” page earlier in this issue for reprint and reuse information. Reproduction by any means without written permission is prohibited. AORN Connections is a benefit of membership in AORN. AORN, Inc. 2170 S. Parker Road, Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231-5711 (303) 755-6304; (800) 755-2676; www.aorn.org HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE Nurse communication important metric for VBP payments According to a study by Press Ganey Associates, Inc., improving communication between nurses and patients could affect 15 percent of hospitals’ value-based purchasing (VBP) incentive payments. Based on analysis of more than 3,000 U.S. acute care hospitals, the report, “The Rising Tide Measure: Communication with Nurses,” indicates that the “Communication with Nurses” dimension of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems survey is closely tied to overall hospital performance, and thus, can affect VBP payments and other Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services payments. “Communication with Nurses” is one of eight dimensions that fall under the “Patient Experience of Care” domain, which determines 30 percent of hospitals’ VBP incentive payments. Read more at: hp:// www.pressganey.com/ pressRoom/13-05-07/Press_ Ganey_Study_Finds_Nurse_ Communication_a_Rising_ Tide_Measure.aspx. PATIENT OUTCOMES Study shows anesthesia type affects orthopedic surgical outcomes According to a study published in Anesthesiology, the use of regional anesthesia was associated with fewer postoperative complications and lower mortality rates than general anesthesia in patients undergoing primary hip or knee replacement. Using data from NEWS IN BRIEF Continued on C4 2011 ASHPE AWARD WINNER 2012-2013 NEWS ADVISORY GROUP Jennifer Bragdon, MSN, MTS, RN, CPN, CNOR, Periop Educator Cambridge Health Alliance Terry Chang, MD, JD, Associate General Counsel and Director Legal & Medical Affairs, AdvaMed Kathleen Corrigan, RN, Staff Nurse Children’s Hospital Boston Mark Duro, CRCST, FCS, Manager Central Sterile Processing Department, New England Baptist Hospital Stella Harrington, BSN, RN, CNOR, Level II Nurse Children’s Hospital Boston Coleen Heeter, MBA, BSN, RN, Vice President of Operations Surgical Care Affiliates Marcie Janetti, BSN, RN, CNOR, Staff Nurse, Clinical Scholar Jersey Shore University Medical Center Donna W. Laney, BSN, RN-BC, Board Certified Nurse Informatics, Quality Analyst McKesson Julie Moyle, MSN, RN, Consultant 1x1 Consulting Pauline Robitaille, MSN, RN, CNOR, Nursing Director Operating Room, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Shelly Satterthwait, MHSA, RN, CNOR, Director of Surgical Services Bozeman Deaconess Hospital Pegi Wasserman, BSN, RN, ACS NSQIP Perioperative Clinical Reviewer Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Jane Wick, BSN, RN, Surgical Services Nurse Shriners Hospital for Children Portland
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June 2013 Vol 97 No 6 • AORN Connections | C3© AORN, Inc, 2013

AORN Connections is the news section of the AORN Journal, providing expert perspectives and in-depth coverage on perioperative news topics. Each month AORN Connections includes news and feature stories related to health care policy, management, technology, implementation of safe practices, and other perioperative practice issues.

Publications DePartment Design & ProDuctionLeslie Knudson Kurt Jones Managing Editor Senior Graphic Designer

contact us: [email protected]

AORN Connections is published monthly as part of the AORN Journal by AORN, the Associa-tion of Perioperative Registered Nurses. Copyright © 2013 AORN, Inc. All rights reserved.

Views expressed in the editorial pages or statements or photographs in advertisements do not imply AORN endorsement. See the “Information for Readers” page earlier in this issue for reprint and reuse information. Reproduction by any means without written permission is prohibited. AORN Connections is a benefit of membership in AORN.

AORN, Inc. 2170 S. Parker Road, Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231-5711 (303) 755-6304; (800) 755-2676; www.aorn.org

HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE

Nurse communication important metric for VBP paymentsAccording to a study by

Press Ganey Associates, Inc., improving communication between nurses and patients could affect 15 percent of hospitals’ value-based purchasing (VBP) incentive payments. Based on analysis of more than 3,000 U.S. acute care hospitals, the report, “The Rising Tide Measure: Communication with Nurses,” indicates that the “Communication with Nurses”

dimension of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems survey is closely tied to overall hospital performance, and thus, can affect VBP payments and other Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services payments. “Communication with Nurses” is one of eight dimensions that fall under the “Patient Experience of Care” domain, which determines 30 percent of hospitals’ VBP incentive payments.

Read more at: http://www.pressganey.com/pressRoom/13-05-07/Press_

Ganey_Study_Finds_Nurse_Communication_a_Rising_Tide_Measure.aspx.

PATIENT OUTCOMES

Study shows anesthesia type affects orthopedic surgical outcomes

According to a study published in Anesthesiology, the use of regional anesthesia was associated with fewer postoperative complications and lower mortality rates than general anesthesia in patients undergoing primary hip or knee replacement. Using data from

News iN Brief Continued on C4

2011 ASHPE AWARD WINNER

2012-2013 news aDvisory grouPJennifer Bragdon, MSN, MTS, RN, CPN, CNOR, Periop Educator Cambridge Health Alliance

Terry Chang, MD, JD, Associate General Counsel and Director Legal & Medical Affairs, AdvaMed

Kathleen Corrigan, RN, Staff Nurse Children’s Hospital Boston

Mark Duro, CRCST, FCS, Manager Central Sterile Processing Department, New England Baptist Hospital

stella Harrington, BSN, RN, CNOR, Level II Nurse Children’s Hospital Boston

Coleen Heeter, MBA, BSN, RN, Vice President of Operations Surgical Care Affiliates

Marcie Janetti, BSN, RN, CNOR, Staff Nurse, Clinical Scholar Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Donna w. Laney, BSN, RN-BC, Board Certified Nurse Informatics, Quality Analyst McKesson

Julie Moyle, MSN, RN, Consultant 1x1 Consulting

Pauline robitaille, MSN, RN, CNOR, Nursing Director Operating Room, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

shelly satterthwait, MHSA, RN, CNOR, Director of Surgical Services Bozeman Deaconess Hospital

Pegi wasserman, BSN, RN, ACS NSQIP Perioperative Clinical ReviewerAdvocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Jane wick, BSN, RN, Surgical Services Nurse Shriners Hospital for Children Portland

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approximately 400 U.S. hospitals over a four-year period, the study examined whether spinal or epidural anesthesia resulted in improved patient outcomes in 382,236 cases of primary hip or knee replacement. Study results showed that compared to general anesthesia, neuraxial anesthesia had an 80 percent lower 30-day mortality rate, a 30 percent lower risk of prolonged length of hospital stay and increased patient costs, and a 30 to 50 percent lower risk of major complications.

Read more at: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/601577/?sc=mwhp.

PATIENT SAFETY

CDC urges U.S. health care providers to be on alert for H7N9 virus

Although China is the only country to report human cases of infection with avian influenza A (H7N9), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages U.S. health care professionals to be on alert and prepared for the virus in light of its unknown potential for a global pandemic. Containment measures by Chinese authorities may be contributing to the decline in newly reported H7N9 cases in China, though the death toll continues to rise as infected patients face complications.

According to the May 15 report from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, Minneapolis, there have been 131 lab-confirmed cases and 36 deaths related to the virus. The CDC is asking U.S. health care providers to consider H7N9 infection in individuals with acute febrile respiratory illness and who may have been exposed to the virus.

Read more at: http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/health-of-the-public/20130516h7n9.html.

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