KERRY CARDWELL, RN & CHERYL SIBBELEE, RN, BScN

Surgical Clinical Reviewers Royal Inland Hospital (RIH), Kamloops

Old OR log included everything

Very cumbersome for case selection

Time consuming

Lengthy report

Old OR Log

Brainstorm ideas to simplify log

Had NSQIP custom fields created

Contained NSQIP exclusion criteria (i.e. <18, OB etc)

Length of OR Log reduced

Through persistence gained the attention of Executive Administration

Drafted up sample

Presented to Senior Executive Team Submitted draft as priority to IMIT

Increased NSQIP collectable variables

Enables more information in one location

CPT code included on log and continually being updated

Length of NSQIP OR Log approx ¼ of what it was originally

New NSQIP Log

Able to share with other sites and programs within Interior Health Authority

Continuity in selection and use of CPT codes

Less time selecting cases

More time freed up to audit

Coordinators & SCRS @ Royal Inland Hospital:

Kerry.cardwell@interiorhealth.ca Cheryl.sibbelee@interiorhealth.ca