AORN journal
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Electronic documentation can improve organizational processes in health care settings and may be of particular benefit to ambulatory surgery centers. A decision support system (DSS) can be integrated with an electronic documentation system. ⋯ Barriers to implementation of a DSS include practitioner noncompliance with alerts and limitations in system design. Nurses can be instrumental in overcoming the barriers that prevent some clinicians from adopting these useful information systems.
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Beginning in 2005, the aorn foundation and Safer Healthcare implemented a human factors program based on Crew Resource Management training in five diverse surgical facilities across the United States. Highly interactive, customized training sessions were designed to help clinicians standardize communication, enhance teamwork, implement preprocedure briefings and postprocedure debriefings, maintain situational awareness, and recognize red flags in the workplace. Pretraining and post-training surveys were used to determine the effectiveness of the program. Brief overviews from the participating facilities detail specific issues encountered in each setting.