Authorizing Vendors in the OR

AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE

Sponsored by CRC Platinum
presented on November 30, 2007

Do you have a policy for vendors in the OR that protects your hospital and patients from risk?
In many hospitals, surgeons learn new surgical techniques informally through courses given by external experts or by device/system manufacturers, through mini-preceptorships, or simply by observing or assisting experienced surgeons. However, such informal learning scenarios can create havoc for hospitals, raising implementation and credentialing issues not to mention ethical, legal, quality, and patient safety concerns.

Avoid the negative legal, regulatory, publicity, and business consequences of not properly utilizing and checking vendors.
Listen to HCPro's Authorizing Vendors in the OR: Create a sound policy to ensure patient safety and avoid legal risk, and learn:

• The considerations involved in allowing a vendor into a hospital operating room
• A series of best practices regarding vendors in the OR
• The appropriate role of the vendor in the OR
• How to credential and privilege them, as applicable
• The essential elements of a vendor policy
• The value of working with a vendor for new technologies and technology assessments
• How to improve patient safety by verifying vendor identification, conducting vendor background checks, and offering training
• The proper insurance and liability coverage when/if there’s a problem in the OR associated with a vendor
• How to cover yourself legally through a sound vendor policy

This 90-minute audioconference will help hospital leaders define the process of approval and annual reapproval of healthcare industry representatives (HCIRs) in the hospital when companies return to their facilities to train a second generation of physicians and teams in a medical system, device, or procedure.

CHECK OUT THE AGENDA

1. The value of having vendors provide information
   1. Alert hospital to new technologies
   2. Help bring  those new technologies to the hospital
   3. Help train/educate physicians and other staff members on those new devices/implants, etc.
2. Key criteria for developing a sound vendor policy
   1. Identification
   2. Vendor vetting/background checks
   3. Credentialing/privileging
   4. Informed consent
   5. Training
   6. The appropriate role for vendor personnel
   7. Amending/constructing hospital and/or medical staff bylaws
3. Regulatory, legal, and business issues with vendors in the OR
   1. Potential Stark II, anti-kickback and state fraud issues
   2. AORN guidelines
   3. Joint Commission expectations
   4. Malpractice
   5. Insurance and liability
   6. HIPAA
4. Alternatives for identifying new technologies or technology assessments
5. Best practices for dealing with vendors in the OR
   1. Have established policies and procedures and abide by them
6. Question & answer session
   

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After this program, participants will know how to:

1. Recognize the value of having a vendor
2. Understand the key attributes to developing a vendor policy
3. Determine the appropriate role of vendor personnel in the OR
4. Recognize the regulatory, legal, and business issues attached with allowing a vendor in the operating room
5. Identify alternatives for identifying new technologies or technology assessments
6. Apply best practices for dealing with vendors in the OR

As a participant listening to this audioconference, you should already know: whether you have vendors in the OR and if so, how many.

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MEET THE SPEAKERS

John B. Reiss, PhD, JD, concentrates his practice in healthcare matters, including managed care, insurance coverage, regulatory and compliance issues, medical staff credentialing, disputes, patient care problems, and more. Previously, Mr. Reiss served as the director of office of health regulation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Jack L. Cox, MD, MMM, serves as a senior vice president and chief quality officer for Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, CA. Prior to that, he was chief medical officer and senior vice president of Premier, Inc., a national healthcare alliance, where he helped design medical technology evaluation processes that incorporate quality and safety.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

MSP, medical staff director, VPMA, administrator, CEO, COO, department chair, MEC member, VP strategic/business/service line development, surgery program director, risk manager, OR director, VP of new business development, safety professional, hospital counsel, compliance officer, chief nursing officer, hospital board member, physician officer, hospital materials manager

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