We at Sutter Health have transitioned to the Quality dept for several reasons;
1. These individuals are very focused and experienced in the area of CM abstraction. There is a lot of carryover from other measures that they already know; and they are very objective on the criteria (once CMS releases yet another revision in the next few weeks). 2. Because the denominator now contains ALL sepsis cases; simple sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock, many of the cases are not ever in the realm of cases that we want to review - so the sepsis coordinators can spend time on actual severe sepsis and septic shock cases - and not doing data abstraction for simple sepsis cases This said, the sepsis SMEs and clinical folks are very engaged in sharing information and collaborating to be sure that the abstractors and coders have all of the new, pertinent and important information required. Thanks, MARY ANN BARNES-DALY RN BSN CCRN DC | Clinical Performance Improvement Consultant Sutter Health - Office of Patient Experience | 2200 River Plaza Drive, Sacramento, CA 95833 Mobile 916.200.5604| Office 916.286.6717 | [email protected] "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." ~R. Buckminster Fuller From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gluckner, Rhonda Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 7:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Sepsis Groups] sepsis coordinator roles I am interested in knowing how other facilities with sepsis coordinators are planning on abstracting the data for the CMS metric in October. Is it falling under the realm of the sepsis coordinator, or does it belong to the quality department/data abstractors? Rhonda Gluckner, BSN, RN Sepsis Coordinator Mercy Health-Youngstown Office: 330.480.2935 Pager: 330.229.2035 Fax: 330.480.3177 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
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