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Leader Purple Cover_ƒLeader_Alt_Cover.qxp 3/15/12 10:37 AM Page 6 Certified nurse leaders in the Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporate Center gather for a photo in honor of National Nursing Certification Day, March 19. Nurse leaders encourage all nursing staff to become certified and set a goal of 100 certifications in Baptist’s centennial year. 100 nurse leader certifications for 100 years of patient care All health care workers want to identified by a nursing specialty to achieve professional recognition promote optimal health outcomes. and credibility, career advancement Nurses achieve certification and personal accomplishment credentials through specialized throughout their career. education, experience in a specialty area, and a qualifying exam. Baptist Memorial Health Care nurses can achieve this through It all started with a capstone nursing certifications. project developed by Beverly Jordan, vice president of nursing Certified nurse leaders at Baptist and chief nurse executive for are encouraging nursing leaders as Baptist, and now nurse leaders are well as nursing staff across the spreading the word on why it’s system to obtain certifications in important for all staff to become their specialty and set a goal of certified. obtaining 100 nursing leaders certifications in Baptist’s centennial year. the professional expertise of our “We feel strongly about raising nurses. Certification validates Certification is the formal recognition of specialized knowledge, nurses’ knowledge and skills, improves quality and safety, and skill and experience demonstrated provides external validation for by the achievement of standards nurses,” said Jordan. by Cheryl Garth, director of Investigations and Regulatory Compliance Compliance in research, just like other areas of health care, is about following the rules. Because medical research can involve human subjects, it is a heavily regulated area. The Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services regulate medical research with laws to protect human subjects. The field of medical research is an important part of Baptist’s mission of healing, preaching and Continued on page 5 Getting to know Dr. John Craig Baptist Medical Group is a at Baptist and that there is multi-specialty physician group. tremendous growth potential. Each month, Leader features a What are some of the future profile on a different BMG physician. The group is expanding rapidly, benefits of working with BMG and I look forward to collaborating with a talented and growing This month, Dr. John Craig discusses why he joined BMG. multispecialty team. Hometown: Memphis, TN What do you enjoy outside of Family: Wife, Julie, son practicing medicine Thomas, and daughter Spending time with my Emily wife and kids. Education: University Who or what inspired of Tennessee: medical you to become a physician For as long as I school, general surgery residency and vascular can remember, I have surgery fellowship. wanted to be a surgeon. Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts Dr. John Craig Ed Garrett’s influence was a big factor in General Hospital: cardiothoracic choosing to train in both vascular surgery residency. and cardiothoracic surgery, which is one of the best decisions I ever Professional organizations: made. Society of Thoracic Surgeons What would you like your Specialty: Cardiothoracic and Baptist colleagues to know about Vascular/Endovascular Surgery you More than anything, I Why do you practice your would like to see our patients do specialty I find cardiovascular well. I am happy to help in any physiology and surgical technique way and am always available by to be an endless source of fascination. cell phone. I practice the full spectrum of I enjoy seeing people with serious cardiac, thoracic and medical problems get better and vascular/endovascular surgery. know that I was able to play a I am happy to be back in my part. hometown and look forward to What made you decide to join getting to know everyone here at Baptist Medical Group I knew Baptist. from my previous training that there is a very capable group here Compliance Corner: The role of compliance in medical research teaching and we are fortunate to have Baptist ical study, a protocol and consent form is Clinical Research Institute and the Baptist submitted to our IRB. It is reviewed by the IRB to Memorial Health Care Institutional Review Board. ensure the safety and human rights are protected. Our research institute conducts patient studies to The IRB makes sure the components of the determine the effectiveness and safety of new protocol and the consent form comply with the treatments. Baptist’s IRB is a committee of physicians, clinicians and community advocates that IRB, the study can begin. The protocol provides regulations. Once the study is approved by the review clinical trials before they begin to ensure guidelines or rules to be followed to carry out the the clinical study is safe and ethical. The IRB and study. If you don’t comply with the guidelines, the BCRI employees complete training on human results of the study can be useless or can lead to subject protection. incorrect information that could influence the development of a new treatment. When an investigator wants to perform a clin-
Leader Purple Cover_ƒLeader_Alt_Cover.qxp 3/15/12 10:37 AM Page 1 M O R E N E W S A N D E V E N T S Baptist clinical documentation specialists offer a different type of care to patients Caring comes naturally for Janice Cromer, a registered nurse. Over her 10 years of nursing, she has cared for a multitude of patients. Two years ago she chose to leave bedside care and become a clinical documentation specialist at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. “Before becoming a CDS, I did not realize the enormous effect this job had on the overall well being of patients,” said Cromer. A CDS is responsible for reviewing patient medical records to ensure the records accurately represent the severity of the patient’s illness. This is achieved through extensive record review and interaction with physicians, health information management professionals and nursing staff. A CDS functions as part of a team that includes physicians and nurses. They work to strengthen the line of communication between these groups to ensure the quality, efficiency and safety of patient care. Clinical documentation is often mistaken as a desk job. However energetic, sharp-minded nurses, like Cromer, are needed to fill this interactive position. “When I accurately portray the status of patients’ illnesses through clinical documentation, I can see the direct results,” said Cromer. “Through my line of work, physicians and nurses are able to make timely and informed decisions about the path of care for patients.” What physicians write in the medical records directly affects the physician’s and hospital's public profiling scores. If physicians don't provide information in language that can be coded, a medical condition may go unreported, and the downstream effect could be missed opportunities for appropriate payment, and skewed reporting in mortality, complication rates, and other quality metrics, according to Cathy Rose, system director for Clinical Documentation Improvement. In addition, this publicly reported data allow the health care consumer to make informed decisions on where to go for their care. The data are also utilized by payers and employers to evaluate providers. If a hospital or physician has higher costs, longer lengths of stay, and poor outcomes, then payers and employers may not recommend sending their enrollees to them. Unlike a typical nursing position, a CDS is not required to work weekends or holidays and is not required to be on-call. Registered nurses with a BS degree and critical care experience are ideal candidates to become a CDS. There is an immediate need for new clinical documentation specialists systemwide with Baptist. If you are interested in becoming a CDS, contact Cathy Rose, director of clinical documentation improvement, for more information at 901-227-0361. Baptist DeSoto symposium addresses cardiovascular disease U of M centennial tiger showcased at Women’s Representatives from the University of Memphis place one of the school’s 50 centennial tigers at the entrance of Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women. Baptist sponsored the decorating of the tiger in recognition of the University of Memphis’ centennial. The tiger was decorated by campers Nurses at Baptist Trinity’s Camp Good Grief and will travel to various Baptist metro entities. Continued from page 4 “A growing body of research indicates a link between certification and nurse knowledge, techniques, and judgment that affect patient safety,” said Reynae Bennett, system leadership nursing coach for Baptist and developer of the recruitment project along with Barbara Cox, nursing director at Baptist Memorial Hospital- DeSoto. “Certification helps to validate the knowledge that you have to your patients. If you are knowledgeable, you give better patient care.” Bennett and Cox created a career development plan for nurses an online resource with direct links to view different types of certifications. Some of the benefits of certification include: •Professional recognition and credibility •Professional achievement •Career advancement •Personal accomplishment •Improves quality indicators/outcomes •Increases knowledge Baptist nurses are reimbursed for the cost of certifications. To find out more, log on to Baptist Nursing Online through Popular Sites tab on MyBaptist. The Certification Center is located on the Resources tab. Dr. Gilbert Zoghbi with Stern Cardiovascular Foundation lectures at the Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Heart Symposium on Saturday, Feb. 25. On Saturday, Feb. 25, the Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Heart Symposium, Defining Success with Heart Failure, attracted more than 80 attendees for a day of discussing best practices and outcomes of heart disease. Experts from Baptist Memorial Health Care and Stern Cardiovascular Foundation addressed managing heart failure in the office or hospital setting; discussed challenges faced by the heart failure patient; identified tools available to manage advanced heart failure; and analyzed the scope of heart failure as it applies to the office and hospital setting. “The symposium was very well executed, and going forward we can prepare a top-notch regional symposium. It was a missed opportunity for health care professionals who did not attend,” said Dr. Arie Szatkowski, a cardiologist with Stern Cardiovascular Foundation and one of the presenters for the symposium.
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