TRANSFORMING GERIATRIC SURGERY CARE MODELS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS’ (ACS) GERIATRIC SURGERY VERIFICATION (GSV) PROGRAM

Symposia

  • Date:
  • Time: 7:30am - 8:30am
  • Track: Models of Care
  • CME/CE: 1.0
  • Type: In-Person

Moderator: Sevdenur Cizginer, MD, MPH, AGSF
Sponsored by the Geriatric-Surgical Co-Management Special Interest Group and the Geriatrics for Specialists Initiative
This session will bring national leaders in geriatric surgery from surgery, geriatrics and nursing to share the literature, their knowledge, and tools about the ACS GSV program standards. Learning Objectives: (1) describe the GSV Program standards, programmatic structure, implementation process and the expected benefits from this implementation; (2) review how to adopt current hospital systems and existing geriatric surgery care models into GSV Program implementation; (3) describe the critical need for transformation of existing geriatric surgery care models through implementation of GSV Program; and (4) discuss the tools on quality improvement, data collection and care standardization in geriatric surgery.

Geriatric Surgery Verification Program Overview: Why Should Geriatricians Care?
Mark R. Katlic, MD, FACS, AGSF

Transformation of Geriatric Surgery Care Models: Implementation of the ACS GSV Program
Sevdenur Cizginer, MD, MPH, AGSF

Quality Improvement and Data Collection through ACS GSV Implementation: The Big Picture
Dianne Bettick, MSN, BC-ACNS, RN