Own Your Data, Dollars and Outcome: Centralized Registry Pros and Cons from a Leadership Perspective

Speaker (s):
Georganne Gairhan, MBA, MSN, RN, NEA-BC – System Cardiovascular Service Line Administrator, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, Memphis, TN 

Keesha Medley, MSN, RN – System Director Cardiovascular Registries, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, Memphis, TN 

Description:
Do you have confidence in your organization’s registry data?  Are you able to leverage your data to improve your outcomes, achieve national payor recognition, and fulfill accreditation requirements?  In this session, participants will learn how to demonstrate effective data reporting using national and internal benchmarks as well as maximize resources to obtain accurate, actionable data in real-time through a centralized registry.

• Discuss positive impact and cost justification of creating a centralized registry.
• Explore potential risks of external abstraction.