Nurses
Nurses Multispecialty Conference Schedule
October 2, 2008
Hyatt Regency
St. Louis, MO
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 10:10 am
Coming Full Circle
Over the course of the last three decades, ASCs have expanded and changed. However, what made us successful in the seventies will continue to make us successful in the future. This session will discuss the basics of ASC success.
Denise A. Lascar, RN, MBA, MHA
President, MedStar Center for Ambulatory Surgery, Inc
What ASCs Need to Know About Medicare Requirements
The Medicare Conditions for Coverage include many specific requirements for the provision of clinical care and operation of ASCs. This session will review the basic requirements Medicare certified ASCs must meet.
Kathy Bryant
President, ASC Association
10:10 am - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am - 12:15 pm
Medication Reconciliation: What It Is & How You Can Comply
With the adoption of the National Patient Safety Goal requiring medication reconciliation, ASCs have lots of questions about how to comply. This session will discuss a survey on medication reconciliation conducted by the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation and how ASCs can appropriately and efficiently reconcile medications. Sample tools will be provided.
Jerry Henderson, CASC
Associate Vice President, Lifebridge Health
Electronic Medical Records
Electronic medical records are coming. Learn how to help your ASC make the transition from paper to electronic records. Ways that electronic medical records can improve clinical care will be highlighted.
Thomas J. Pliura, MD
President / Chief Executive Officer, zChart EMR
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Using Outcomes Monitoring to Improve Your ASC
Learn about the ASC Association's outcomes monitoring project, how you can participate, tips on completing forms and what to do with results. The new outcomes measures approved by the National Quality Forum and CMS requirements for 2009 will be discussed. Once you begin participating in outcomes monitoring, tracking and trending your results is the next step. This session will discuss incorporating outcomes monitoring and tracking and trending into your quality improvement program.
Alsie Sydness-Fitzgerald, CASC
Chair, ASC Association
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 pm - 5:10 pm
Dealing with Problem Employees
With the importance of teamwork in the ASC, dealing effectively and promptly with employees who drag down the team is critical. Learn how to address potential problems before a crisis occurs.
Lisa Cooper
Chief Executive Officer, El Camino Surgery Center
Transparency & ASCs
This session will review the public demand for transparency and share what the ASC Association and one state association are doing to disseminate information about ASCs.
Jill Watson
Executive Director, Missouri Ambulatory Surgery Center Association
