MyRounding and AORN Announce Partnership

AORN selects MyRounding to create a mobile application to support the AORN Guidelines

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Mar 09, 2015, 03:00 ET

DENVER, March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MyRounding and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) today announced their partnership to create "myAORNguidelines," a new product that will enable operating room managers and administrators to analyze and sustain compliance with AORN's evidence based Guidelines for Perioperative Practice.

AORN partners with MyRounding to create a powerful auditing tool, myAORNguidelines. The mobile application is slated for release in the summer of 2015.

This SaaS-based product is built on the HIPAA-compliant MyRounding platform to reduce the amount of work and time that is required to audit, report and give feedback; it automatically identifies the gap between how guidelines are being implemented and optimal adherence to the most current AORN Guidelines. Further, it has a powerful issue management function that allows for practice issues to be identified, assigned, tracked and monitored. myAORNguidelines helps OR directors, managers and nurses with the implementation of the AORN Guidelines. Through the intuitive interface users can collect and organize data for quality assessments as well as monitoring adherence to policies and procedures.

"This is an exciting partnership for the MyRounding team," said Tony Gorski, CEO of MyRounding. "We are excited to join with AORN in the creation of an easy-to-use mobile application for the AORN Guidelines. In addition, we will be creating an industry benchmark to measure compliance with the AORN Guidelines to help improve the quality of patient care."

"We are extremely pleased to be partnering with the MyRounding team," said Linda Groah, MSN RN CNOR NEA-BC FAAN, CEO/Executive Director of AORN. "The myAORNguidelines product is being developed directly in response to the needs and requests of our perioperative nurse members. It's an important complement to evidence based practice."

The AORN Guidelines are evidence based and define optimal patient care for surgical patients. While they have generally been used to measure compliance, it has been left to each facility to create their own audit and compliance tools. The myAORNguidelines mobile application represents a new audit tool that is systematized and offers a unique approach to monitoring implementation and compliance with the AORN Guidelines across the perioperative care continuum.

The product will initially feature functionality and capabilities built around the following four guidelines: (1) Hand Hygiene; (2) Preoperative Patient Skin Antisepsis; (3) Cleaning and Care of Surgical Instruments; and (4) Sterilization.

Currently in the final stages of development, the product is slated to be released in the summer of 2015.

For more information on myAORNguidelines, visit www.myAORNguidelines.com

About MyRounding
My Rounding Solutions is a digital health company that specializes in creating software tools for healthcare professionals focused on quality, safety, staff/provider engagement and patient experience. Based in Denver, Colorado, MyRounding supports clients worldwide with award-winning products and services. Through implementation, training, support and customization, MyRounding provides a suite of full-service solutions that help healthcare organizations increase levels of quality, patient safety and satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.

For more information, contact MyRounding by phone at 877-503-9226 or e-mail at [email protected]. Visit the website: www.myrounding.com.

About AORN
AORN represents the interests of more than 160,000 perioperative nurses by providing nursing education, standards, and practice resources—including the peer-reviewed, monthly publication AORN Journal—to enable optimal outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures. AORN's 40,000 registered nurse members manage, teach, and practice perioperative nursing, are enrolled in nursing education or are engaged in perioperative research. Its members include perioperative nurses who work in hospitals, ambulatory and office-based settings and in related business and industry sectors. AORN's mission is to promote safety and optimal outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures by providing practice support and professional development opportunities to perioperative nurses.
For more information, visit www.aorn.org.

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